Notes app crashes with handwritten notes

This has happened a couple times since iOS 16, just happened on iOS 16.5 (updated today). I was using my Apple Pencil to write a journal entry in the notes app, and after a while the strokes become slow to register, then it suddenly crashed and I lost quite a bit of work when I reopened the note.

I tried quitting and reopening the app, nothing. So next, I went to restarting my iPad - nothing. Then, as per other posts here, I deleted the app and redownloaded it (first checking that all my previous entries were synced with iCloud - they were).

Now, all of the handwritten notes I have (over 100) don’t show any of my text that I’ve written. Any typed ones are there, but any written with my Apple Pencil are gone. They’re still in existence on my phone, but seemingly won’t recover on the iPad. Tried restarting the iPad again and quitting the app - neither have fixed the problem.

I’m assuming the writing I lost on my current note is gone forever, correct? There’s no way to recover it?

Secondly, how do I recover the previous handwritten notes?

Another solution I’ve seen is to turn off iCloud sync for notes entirely. If my app crashes and iCloud is disabled, there would be no recovering any part of the note - so that’s a non-starter.

The suggested fixes I’ve seen aren’t working, or actively worsening the situation - please help!