Why some men get emotional post WLS...

If you haven't heard this...It could be a wake up call...
As you lose weight you have a lot of hormones getting released from inside the fat cells.  Including in this is a lot of estrogen (even in men).  Just letting you know some of this should pass.  Men who are not very emotional all of a sudden become emotional post WLS and they have no ideal what is going on.  Big time release of estrogen.  Brian

I can certainly relate to thise feeling. I am seeing a psychologist now to work through some of the issues, most dealing with my body image and reprogramming my mind to realize I'm not the MO person that I still see in the mirror. When I don't remember crying in my whole life, I found it kinda strange that in the past month, I have cried and cried, uncontrollably. Very strange. Things are looking up. I never in the world thought it could be estrogen. I know men and women have both hormones (estrogen and testosterone), but just different amounts. I have experienced my testosterone greatly increase since WLS and have the lab results to prove it. They've never checked my estrogen levels though. Interesting post Cabin.

I'm with you on this. As crazy as it seems, I was on an emotional roller coaster for a little while. Alot of changes in life in the recent months and sometimes it can get a little overwhelming. Its not really a bad thing,  I think it helps me out with my perspective and i admit that when i dwell on all the years i've wasted being morbidly obese and now all the doors that are open to me after losing 200+ lbs, i can't help but get emotional from time to time.

My toughest period occurred starting about 3 weeks after surgery.  I went through 2 weeks or so where I was seriously depressed.  I was aware of this possibility from the pre-surgery education I received, not to mention that I am a mental health professional myself.  However, knowing it's a possible side effect and going through it were certainly 2 different things.  I did 2 things to help myself.  As a person of faith, I began to pray more often and more earnestly.  I also just refused to give in and give up on things and just kept putting one foot in front of the other, so to speak.  In other words, I did the things that I knew I should be doing, even though I didn't want to do them at all.  I was also relieved when I called my Dr.'s office and learned that this hormone dump would probably not last more than a couple of weeks.  And it didn't.  I have days from time to time when I don't feel on top of the world, but nothing has ever come close to the depression I had during those two weeks.  But it's comforting to know that the sun will come up tomorrow.

Merlin