Coronary Heart Disease Support Group

yup, and its been 1 year and nine months

I think that it is normal and to be expected. At least that is what the nurses told us on the cardiac care wing of the hospital.

sure, you had a major trauma to a major organ. it will get better but if you want you could get a little counseling. i liked yoga,still do, to help me relax . maybe cardio rehab
good luck, hang in there

i am taking the cardo rehab and does a lot of good for the body but being the only one in the class under 70 is not real good on hte mind lol but ya i am having so many mood swings my partner has threatned to have an mri down to make sure that i am not getting alztimers (sp?) as my memory has also been shot so just hang in there and we will all go nuts together :)

You can think of it this way, Your body has gone through a trauma. It needs time to recover and heal. In order to do that it shuts other things down in order to move the resources into the healing area.
Post cardiac depression is normal. I do not like it. But that is what the body needs.
Anxiety comes from self preservation. Before stents and bypass surgery, we would have died. Our bodies know that we came close to "pushing up the daisies". Thus it get anxious.
Remember that this too shall pass. It is just a phase that we all go through to some degree.
Do something delightful for yourself when you get anxious. If people tell you that you are depressed or if you become aware that you are depressed, you can take a walk in the sunshine, in a place that make you feel good.

didnt have stents done had triple bypass done and yes i went through the same thing depression and the anxiety but yes going through rehab and talking with others who have gone through this has helped alot still have anxiety more than depression even though its been since april i had surgery my mind says i can due more but my body says no way so yes still go through it it will get better

Thank you for the replies.
I feel better just knowing my feelings are not unique.
I wish you all good luck.

The medical profession does a great job of the various interventions (surgery , medication etc) but do not alert us well to the psychological/emotional consequences of such a huge trauma. I had huge anxiety and depression last summer and blundered through it somehow with antidepressants some counseling etc. Looking back now I am still surprised and a bit angry at how little attention MDs paid to that aspect.
Cardiac rehab units should offer support groups..if they don't we all need to form them ourselves...thanjk God I found this site, it helped a lot.

I don't have stents but I have an ICD and had two epsoides in May - meaning my ICD fired twice because I had two sudden cardiac arrests-It's a little different than what you've gone through but the anxiety and depression are the same- it's very hard and I'm working through it - I see a therapist and have on anxiety meds and they're starting to help - it's hard but you will get through it.
Hugs
Renee