I know some docs suggest "maybe you're depressed & the fatigue is from that".
But I've experienced that & MS fatigue is like running into a concrete wall-you just can't push through it.
Hope you get some treatment for it, because I know it stinks to feel as if you have molasses running through your veins...

Hi SD

I remember you well from the anuerysm forum. I don't spend much time there anymore, as there is very little activity there these days. That is a shame, because the experience, support and wisdom that we had to share was pretty special. Not just in the lead up, but you as much as (and more so than many - me included) had a lot of knowledge and advice for those who had been through clipping and coiling brain surgery - and really understood what a long recovery it is. I like to think we made things easier for a lot of people going through this scary nightmare.

Having had a craniotomy and aneurysm clipping myself (although not as traumatic as yours was, from what you have told us) I recall only too well the kind of fatigue I went through after that. I was diagnosed with MS two years before finding my aneurysm, so I have experienced both types of fatigue - separately, and together.

It is a similar kind of bone crushing, devastating, mind-blowing exhaustion to that which I get with MS. Differences? Well, after the aneurysm, I had lots of trouble finding words, memory loss was distinct, and with both, I have that crazy sense of panic that I know I should know something and it won't come. I vividly recall (and on rare occasion still feel) that sensory shut down when there is too much sensory stimuli.

The similarities are no surprise, since it is all to do with the brain, the mechanism that powers everything, and makes us who we are.

I so hope that you are able to find some answers to the things that are causing you to feel the way you are. You have helped others, I hope that we can do the same for you.

Lyn

Hi again SD Fencer

We haven't heard from you in a while - just checking in to make sure you are going Ok.

Lyn

I haven't been diagnosed w MS but I had a recent crani for an aneurysm repair on my frontal lobe. All the fatigue symptoms I've read here sound like mine. I'm 9 months post surgery and seem to be getting worse w this instead of better. It is very frustrating and leads to deep depression for which I was already being treated for before surgery. I don't hv any answers for you but do somewhat understand what ur going thru

Hi Lisa

Nice to meet you

Tell me more about you, and your situation. Do you have MS stuff as well, or are your problems mainly to do with your aneurysm? Either way, I would be happy to discuss this with you through a private message if there is any way I can help.

They are both massive conditions, and can lead to depresion, disability and lots of other stuff. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to talk.

Hugs

Lyn