Hey Copperstar! For really about two years of depression after my last hospitalization I feel I had really done a number on my brain I wasn't sure if it was side effects from the medications brain damage from drugs and alcohol but I felt that for the rest of my life I was going to be stuck with not nearly the mental capacity and cognitive function that I'd been used to.

For me, 90% of it was related to depression once I got on my current med combo and enough time had passed for me to heal and come out of the depression, I feel like I got most of it back. It sounds like the same is true for you once you get out of depression and get to a stable state you'll get The level of cognitive function that you have been used to.