Has anyone ever had surgery then a few days later felt sad and tearful?

Question

I just had major back surgery last week and I was under for 5hrs.I woke up crying from the pain and also very tearful about everything .My mood is iffy meaning I get tearful easily and moody easily. Does major surgery cause a type of depression or something? out of all my human psychology classes in college I haven't come across this please if anyone has ever felt like this let me know and please tell me what u did to get better as far as mood wise thank you for any response I mite get from any of you! Thank-you and God Bless

Answer 1

Yes its called post op depression and should go away at the most in a months time. People who have brain surgery suffer more from this and it takes them even longer to get over the post op depression.