Major depression after DS
Actually... I have only lost 15ish pounds since surgery.....which seems INSANELY impossible and pretty freaking sad but Im trying not to dwell on that. I've been low carbing and exercising and losing weight for about a year on my own just because....was my SAVE MYSELF year while I found a magical way to get to my DS...which I obviously did. :) It DOES annoy me that I could have lost more weight dieting on my own during this time however I KNOW my ds isnt broken and Im sure it has something more to dow ith the fact that I havent been this low a weight in 8 years so maybe my body is angry and confused right now...plus I was a terribad diabetic and my diabetes is gone so lots of adjusting going on in my body.
one of the problems I have had with the anti-depressants I have taken in the past over the past 10 years is that they lose affect after being on them awhile. I have changed to numerous different ones and had ill effects from more than half of them. And friends I have known on them also had ill effects but not the same as mine or on the same meds. I spent all of last year swiching to different meds that didnt work and gave me the runs and finally came back to effexor only at a higher dose. I sure wish my psychiatrist had just increased the dose when it didnt work anymore rather than switch to a different one. That is what I have always found is best before changing the type of medication, at least for me. We are all different and that complicates things too. Wellbutrin gave me a nasty taste in my mouth and made me lose my appetite except for junk food. That is always the first one they want to give a heavy person as it's for addictions, especially quitting smoking. I dont know anyone who had good effects from Prozac but the others seem to work great for some and not for others - and I have known many people on them. There are a lot of other things to try for depression tho too-getting sunshine, getting enough sleep, having a good social support system, exercise, eating better. It takes more than a pill most of the time. And sleep apnea was considered untreated for me because I couldnt tolerate any of the masks and tried 3 different ones. It left me feeling more tired & depressed and unfocused and unable to concentrate. I was in & out of bed all day and thankful I was retired. I am at the point now of getting the dental appliance to hold my lower jaw forward to open the breathing passges. Once I accomplish that and the DS next month I hope it will be a start of a much improved life! I am not expecting an easy adjustment with the DS but over time I know I will be much better. I suspect also that much of my depression is affected by my weight problem but it will be interesting to see!
1985 Verticle Banded Gastroplasty to DS revision 2010 sw 280 gw 140 cw 188 hw 360
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I had Depression an Anxiety my whole life too. For me it got worse before it got totally better. The first 5 or so months I got supper depressed and was in bed all the time. I felt the worse I ever felt in my life. But then I started dealing with my issues and exercising and living life every day with hope for the future. I think the big rut came from anger and the drastic weight loss all at once. The anger was from trying my whole life to fit in an never fitting in. An always trying to compensate for being over weight. An trying so hard to get my self to loss weight an always failing in the end. Then all of a sudden I'm loss it with out even trying. Major mind f@#& to say the least!! Then I slowly got involved in my weight loss and felt empowered and the best I ever felt in my life. Now I'm happy and completely of all med's for depression & anxiety.
I read on here back pre-op that some people were depressed because of being over weight and some were just depressed naturally. An there were back and forth who was still depressed after weight loss an who was happy for the first time in there life. I think its a personal thing but for me in was my weight issues. So I guess you will see soon enough
I read on here back pre-op that some people were depressed because of being over weight and some were just depressed naturally. An there were back and forth who was still depressed after weight loss an who was happy for the first time in there life. I think its a personal thing but for me in was my weight issues. So I guess you will see soon enough
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