I need a place to come where I can talk to people who understand my situation. I was diagnosed as being Bi-polar about a year and a half ago and ADHD about 2 years ago. I have suffered from depression since I was 13 and I am 30 now. Life has not been easy for me at all. I've been on and off medication since I was 15. I'll start taking medication and start feeling great and then I'll stop it cause I don't think I need it. Of course a few months later I am right back to being where I was before I started taking the medication. I was cursed with my grandmothers illnesses. It skipped my sister but, sure didn't skip me. My grandmother was the type that had everything wrong with her mentally that you can think of. She tried commiting suicide several times and was hospitalized constantly. She even had lots of shock treatments. Well, my dad says I am just like my grandma. That is a major insult. He ment it to be an insult. It hurt me very bad. I hate having mental problems but, I hate it worse when people put me down because of them. It's not something I can control without medication. My dad puts me down for taking medication. He says I am a druggie and a hypochondriac. I feel that it is necessary to take the medications I take. They all serve a purpose. Now that I know how my dad thinks I really feel like a piece of **** When I go to take my medicine I think of what he said and it makes me just want to throw it away. He has been really mean to me lately. My heart is just broken into a thousand pieces. Why can't he just be there for me. I need all the support I can get from my family. Now, I can't even stand to be near my dad. I hate mental issues...  

Does anyone know if the RNY can alter the way medicaitons are absorbed? I have noticed that I am becoming increasingly anxious and depressed and have been on my Celexa since surgery. I am curious as to whether or not the malabsorbtion of nutrients also includes how medications are absorbed into my system.

Thanks,

Katie