Hello!

I had Gastric Bypass Surgery on September 22nd and I am absolutely miserable! I'm regretting this tremendously! Everything I eat gets stuck and I imagine it's from not chewing well enough and/or eating too fast. But it's not just when I eat solid foods, it also happened once when I drank water, then another time was when I was eating tuna solid.. I literally throw up like 2-3 times a day.

I'm dreading Thanksgiving because we're hosting this year and making all this yummy food and I'm barely going to be able to eat. And it's not the small portions that bothers me, it's the food getting stuck in my esophagus that really annoys me.

My mental health is not doing too good. I've suffered with depression before this and thought that this would help because who doesn't want to be thin and better looking? But now I'm starting to find that I was happier eating what I want, when I wanted. I'm just not the same. I don't want to do anything anymore, nor have the energy to do so. I cry almost every single day. Sad thing is, I could've did this without the surgery. I lost over 50 pounds on my own in 6 months before I got the surgery. I got the surgery to speed things along, I suppose. I'm just truly regretting this.

Please tell me this gets better? Please tell me my body will eventually be back to normal?

you're probably fine - I threw up a few times early out. But like the other poster said, just let your surgeon's office know.

I have taken it before and for me it didn't work well enough to outweigh the loopy feeling. I now take Effexor and a few others. It works "ok" for me right now and is keeping me even keel.

Not one drug works for everyone so lexapro may not be the one for you. Listen to your body and doctor. My only big advice to to not stop taking something cold turkey, wean off of it if you feel you must. Be your biggest advocate!

I know that it's hard to go against anything that your parents say but it's very important to you to get the surgery to improve your quality of life. Once you lose weight you will have a new journey that you and your mother can take together. Your probably going to feel better and look amazing. Your out look on life will be different.I came off all of my medicine and I lost 130 . No more high blood pressure and diabetes is gone. I'm moving with ease.Explain to her that you can't continue with live a limited life. When you get up out of that bed and your able to do everything you want without limitations you are going to feel amazing. It's most definitely not the easy way out. There's nothing easy about it.

Okay so i am 3 weeks post op and i had VSG so today i was very nauseous and i threw up now i am in a panic that what if i tore something or my staple line im scared??? help