Re-reading older posts, depression after tkr

Hi Neizie you've got to have experienced a tkr before commenting on it. When people ask how u r and you tell them how horrendous it was I'm sure they think I'm exaggerating I wish,,,!!!!!. Anyway this forum has been my life saver exchanging symptoms and giving help. I'm 15 weeks now and at last there's light at the end of the tunnel. Yes occasionally might have a bad night but pain very little the occasional twinge 2 paracetamol at night but I was taking them before tkr for restless leg. In 6onths I'll be well on the way to total recovery but still putting right knee on hold. Good luck

Wow, I can relate.the pain and trauma brought tears but so did the anaesthetic and the pain killers. It is a  the huge surgery and we are forced to be very brave. I can attest that the pain lessens, the need to continue exercises is paramount - which is a challenge for me. Don't try to explain it to too many people - I actually found that it was sometimes really unhelpful - not even neutral! This site seems good to me - hope to hear from you again! Best of best luck and good healing.

Brought on the water works for me also.  5 long months ago.  Sigh.......

Whether this is your first second and so on all of them hurt each time you have a replacement or revision ( in my case # 6 ) the pain gets worse and recovery even longer. Yes after having so many revisions on the same knee I knew it was going to hurt I thought by some stupid idea it would no be as bad. Yes it hurts and yes it hurts an awful lot and sometimes it just hurts bad enough that you feel helpless. I had my first follow up following the 6th revision one look at me the nurse practitioner could tell I was in pain it was decided to increase my pain meds from Dilaudid 4 mg to 8 mg. It does help but its not perfect while it helps with pain it also make me drowsy but I would rather be drowsy then in pain. I also ice and elevate it does help.

Here ya go...

https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tkr-and-post-operative-depression-604195

Jedi mind trick...

Thank you!

It does help a lot...indeed, when you go through an experience like a knee replacement it helps a lot, especially with respect to what an emotional roller coaster it is.

Hopefully when you are further down the road your own wisdom and experience can help someone else too!

Sending good wishes!

I'm 14 weeks post tkr and I'm going on the 17th for an Mua as I'm only 90 degrees had anyone any e experience of this and any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thank God I never have had an MUA, and my ROM was only 90 at 14 weeks.  Heck, it's only 100 at five months.  I think some docs are trigger happy when it comes to MUA...... Are you in UK or USA?, if I may ask. 

Hoping it lifts soon, I’ve suffered from moderate to severe depression in the past so here’s a few thoughts: try to build in some things that usually bring you pleasure even if it’s in small ways or scaled down from what you’d normally do, talk to someone when it all gets too much, but also positively acknowledge  to yourself every little achievement or good thing inthe day - getting out of bed, making a cup of tea, managing a set of exercises! Try to get out every day a little bit. Don’t be shy about asking people to drop by for some company. You have been through a trauma, have a lot to cope with right now, body all over the place and effect of meds all contribute. But - if this continues for more than a week you must see the dr - harder to reverse if you leave it too long and it spirals down.