Hi.  I wouldn't be too worried.  WLS centers/physicians expect that most patients will not come in with a "spotless record" of mental health.  There could be lots of reasons why they are making you met with their psych.  It may be that anyone who has had a particular diagnosis is automatically referred to the psych, or they may be overly cautious.  Some programs also have a requirement that all patients going in for WLS must see the psych.  

I had a similar experience.  I was approved for surgery despite having a history of major depressive disorder and PTSD.  I was also seeing a therapist and on anti-depressants at the time of my evaluation and surgery.  The docs really just want to make sure that you can handle the stress of surgery, you're not having surgery for the wrong reasons, etc.  

Good luck!  

Lots of great advice from the previous posters. I truly went through withdrawal after my surgery. I realize now that withdrawing from any addiction wreaks havoc on the human body. I'd gone through withdrawal from tobacco & alcohol years ago. Withdrawing from food addiction has been the journey of a lifetime. I'm still on that journey.

I had true depths-of-despair depression about a 2 months after my surgery. I almost "checked out," if you know what I mean. Thank goodness something saved me & I hung on, because now I'm skinny & a completely different person (on the outside, if not 100% on the inside yet).

Life has not become a walk down a primrose path for me just because I've lost 124 pounds. I'm still married to the same guy (THAT'S a miracle) & I still have this brain with all its history, good & bad. But I can see so much clearer now that my body's had a chance to balance out a bit.

I think I had trouble with malabsorption of Zoloft after my surgery. Of course I didn't know it at the time. The crushed pills tasted awful (everything pretty much did for quite awhile after surgery) & I'm sure I skipped a few doses when I was detoxing from the general anesthesia. That really contributed to me going into a downward spiral after surgery. Lack of support from my family was a big obstacle, too.

Check my OH blog for my post-op entries. Be gentle with yourself! I wish you the best of luck!

HI I'm a nurse from Poland. I'm suffering from the morbid obesity science I remember. In my country there is a difficulty to undergo the bariatric surgeries, it's still not popular and the people do not have a knowladge about it. I'm trying to write a master thesis about the quality of life after bariatric surgeries. The main aim of it is to make a surgeries more popular by showing how life saving it is. It in NOT for any marketing reaserch or anything like that. I'm studying nursery on Jagiellonian University, the resulsts will be analysed and used in a masters thesis, and hopefully If I will get enought of respondents I will publish the results for the use of medical stuff in Poland. My opinion is that the feedbeck from the patients is the most valiable sourse of how the procedures are recieved. I kindly request your help in conducting research aimed at improving the quality of life of people after bariatric surgery. The questionnaire is anonymous. The questionaire contains 39 questions it takes about 5-10 min. It is very important to answer all of them. Please help me to help other people who struggle with obesity. http://moje-ankiety.pl/respond-49823.html

I decided to take a different approach with my Insurance. The exclusion says it will not cover surgery for obesity. So... Because I am clinically depressed w/ anxiety, I am going file a claim and use depression/anxiety as the main reason. I have a letter from my Dr supporting the claim. (Because I'm so large, 54 BMI and my terrible childhood, I am a depressant with anxiety and PTSD) Has anyone ever tried this approach? Anything is worth a try!

Thanks.

Hello,

Believe it or not I have exactly the same diagnosis' as yourself...I mean exactly... Well i made it through everyone...the Nut, RN and SW but then she took my file to rounds.  The surgeons initially said no way ...and I haven't had a  flare up in over two years and not a really bad one for 5 years.  I had a very supportive letter from my psychiatrist and then they said maybe.  They brought me in to talk to the SW again and they offered me a choice of the surgery or the medical program.  I still haven't decided.  They are sending me on to the surgeon...I want to try and get the sleeve so my med's absorption isn't as much of an issue.  But ultimately my surgeon makes the choice.  So now I wait to see him.  My psychiatrist is even offering to transfer me to my own hospital for observation after the surgery so any adjustments can be made to the med's.  So long story short....I have to make a decision and they are "encouraging" me to do the medical program.  It is not a nice place  to be in...now i am really torn .... What to do, what to do??????

S