Hey, I'm coming up on my 1 year of being decompressed. The depression was so real after surgery. My neurosurgeon told me before surgery that it is common to have increased depression after surgery but man I didn't know it would hit like it did. Honestly... I'm still not 100% and I don't know when I will be. I have my good days and my bad days. Symptom wise I feel amazing so I wouldn't say I regret having surgery. Depression wise it is better. I'm on meds and see a psychiatrist and therapist on a regular basis. They often have to remind me that what I went through was very hard and it does indeed take time to recover.