Feeling down/overwhelmed after hospital discharge is this normal?

<font color="red"> Feeling so down and overwhelmed since coming home Monday from hospital. I can put my finger on why...just that I do. I do not want to slip back into that dispair again.........but it is tugging at me. I slept alot yesterday...guess that is normal right? Just feel so blah........going to see my T again today....then again friday but then he will be on vacation all next week and that scares me Sh*tless..........just wondering if coming out of the hospital is it normal to feel so down and gloomy and overwhelmed again..it is iike nothing has changed...all the feelings are still there and urges....UGH ...just feel weird to be free too and not someone hovering over you every 15 minutes........sorry for rambling....thanks for listening </font>

when i got out i realized that others were going to treat me different thinking i was crazy and things. It made me dwell alot about how i was going to be it started when i was in the hospital but i found when i got home i was treated like my old self. Not the person i am with issues. In your case i would think about how it feels to be able to be free while in a hospital where you have to do what they say eat what they want and when they want.

I almost they make it rough in a hospital to make you want to go home .. or its a way to weed out whos really got issues .. all i know is be glad your home while you may not have control 100 percent what you feel .. you do have in knowing your free and at home. I just hope home for you is good. Just remeber sometimes things are good when they dont change while your gone .. its a good comfort zone to come back to so you can figure out how to deal and make the best of things. I wish i had a better answer im sorry but i know when i got out i was glad to be away from the hell there .. it certainly made my hell at home alot less.

hope-
I think the question isnt wether its normal - but is it to be expected- in my experience it really is- its like culture shock or jet lag. Deliberately reorient yourself slowly like you would any other place you just landed. I still don't know where I keep the coffee cups and what drawer to put the spatula in sometimes.

I agree with Kathyanita, your feeling almost jet lag, you have more freedom, your not being watched, it's scary not having ppl there to fall back on, your going to be fine just keep posting were here for ya
Angie

I think so... for anyone who has been hospitalized for any reason.. it's a a"normal" reaction... it's a change in routine, change in environment totally (lights, sounds, etc) and maybe even meds? Whew! It's good to get home.... and sleep and rest is usually "ordered" somewhat by the doctors. Going into and coming home from hospital is semi - traumatic to your system.

Be gentle with yourself. I was once in hospital and my T went on vacation that next 10 days... I was actually in better shape than if I hadn't gone in (for med check.) Even though I worried about being without his counsel... the time went faster than I imagined. I hope this happens for you, too. Take this time to pamper yourself... feel better

thanks all for you input..............I talked to my T today and he assured me that he will be back and he still wants to work with me. But it will be so hard to say goodbye to him this Friday and then know I will not see him for 10 days....UGH....I was honest and told him that my old feelings of him leaving me have resurfaced....he is now trying to figure out why though.........I just know this vacation is going to be VERY HARD on me............I have missed him since being in the hospital for 2 weeks and now coming out and only getting to see him for 3 days then nothing.........UGH cannot handle it............I have been taking naps and trying to take it slow at home..........BUT my anxiety is really bad.......taking my meds to help it but it is still bad..........just so much stuff to catch up on UGH.......... thanks for listening again

Maybe he will surprise you with a phone call mid vacation... maybe not. Try and think about how much rest he is getting, and needs because he is going to really be ready to work hard for you when he returns... that helps me some at these times. TC

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Hope, I felt exactly the same way as you when I got out. While in the hospital, the worst I had to think about was getting the laundry room so I could wash my clothes. I didn't have to worry about anything else.

When I came home (and I didn't want to yet) I felt disoriented, like "What do I do now??"

If your hospital has a day or "partial program" I would do that... that's what I did. I went back during the day for a couple of weeks. It kinda eases you back into thinking for yourself.

Good luck and do what's best for you, ok?

Hi there,
What you mentioned is very normal, I've even read it and went through it too. It does diminish in time, and with follows ups with therapist and/or pdoc.
As a pre-caution, I was told on day of release, if overwhelming feelings come on and no one is in your home with you, call the hospital you were in and ask for a counsellar on duty, or another staff member in the section of the hospital you were in, and tell them it is important that you speak to someone asap.
I was also told, which of course is extremely important, that if entering crisis, call 911.
The feeling(s) you mentioned are so very much what I felt, I was just so bummed, emotionally, physically and even as if I had been punished. All of this, let me reassure you is normal. I couldn't even to begin the various emotions I felt, but I am sure you have a very good idea.
If it helps, hang out here, talk to us, chat or even PM someone.
Do you have any friends or family members that live with you? If so try to tell them how you feel right now, even if it is medication related or not.
By doing so, it can help, being overwhelmed can fog our judgement and if someone who is close to you they can sort of tell if you are acting differently than usual.
They can bring this to your attention if it isn't already and help you seek help or seek it for you.
Discharge from hospital stays, rather it be physical or mentally related can produce an underlying stress, that comes in different forms, so do not feel that you are odd, it happens and we do not always have control over it.
I hope I was able to be of help to you in reference to your post.
I sincerely wish you lots of luck with this.

Take care,
DE

My former T, had even gave me the phone number of where I could reach him when he went on vacation.
I only had a need to call him once while he was away, he talked to me and advised me to call the pdoc he had hooked me up with if I was getting in a bad way, till he returned.
Just having access helped relieve some of the anxiety
Sky, you have such a great way of relating and supporting others