Regretting

I was wondering the same thing. Are you not able to be on your current meds any longer? I know that tapering slowly has always been incredibly important when I come off an anti-depressant. I once tried to get off of Zoloft cold turkey. I was fine for a couple of days and then I felt complete and utter despair. It was downright scary. So I decided to get back on it and taper off of it very slowly. It sounds to me that  your depression is a result of the lack of medication more than the surgery. Switching meds can also be really traumatic. I am surprised that a doctor would switch your meds during such a big event in  your life (wls).
 
I hope you get some relief!! Know that this is temporary.

Hugs,
Pam

 So sorry to hear this.  We were all told about depression after surgery  from the anesthetic, and this can go on for weeks.  Were you not informed of any of this by your doctor?  All these emotions you are having were discussed in our pre-surgery classes months before our surgery.  Sorry if you weren't given important imformation.  So what you are experiencing is normal even if you weren't bipolar.  Wishing you the best.

Even if your doctor is out, there should be someone in his coverage group who takes calls. Eve solo practitioners band together to do this for each other when they are unavialable, on vacation, etc. for emergencies. Its unethical to just abandon you.

Thank you all for all your support. No one ever mentioned depression after the surgery. In fact all I heard were feel good stories and how everything would be rosey. The only bad stories I heard came after months post-op, not right out of the gate. My psychiatrist's office had a nurse practioner on call who, at the recommendation of the insurance company, prescribed a different but similar antidepressant to the one the psychiatrist had prescribed. It reacted with the other one the doctor had given me samples of and I ended up in the ER tonight barely able to stand. Then they decided that despite pushing as many fluids as I could that I am also a bit dehydrated and gave me a liter of fluids. There apparently is no psychiatrist on call unless I go to the ER threatening to harm myself then they ship would ship me off to the state mental hospital and I don't want to go there. Talk about going from the frying pan into the fire! So I was told to make a choice between the two new meds I was prescribed then hang tough until Monday when I could finally get hold of my doctor. Since I've taken the mood stabilizer in the past with no problems, and the other new med is not one commonly prescribed, I think I'm going to stick with the mood stabilizer and try to focus on all the good things I was focused on before they put me to sleep for surgery. There's no going back, at least for the foreseeable future, so I need to do the best I can for the time being.

 Hang in there, hang in there, hang in there. So easy for me to say because this is traumatic what is happening.  Will be thinking of you.  Keep posting because alot of great people out here to support you.  

I pray things are getting better.