Lagging iPhone ever since the iOS 18.0.1 update

My phone has been lagging ever since I updated to iOS 18.0.1. Opening and closing apps. Typing a search in safari. Everything all of a sudden is slow or freezes. Some apps including safari even closed out on me on its own. I even deleted a bunch of apps to clear up more space which I have tons of before I deleted them. I did troubleshooting I can think of and nothing has fixed it. It’s been happening for a couple of days now. Is the new update going to fix this? I’ve never had any of these issues before the 18 update. The 17 update worked perfectly fine.