depressed already?

I think I'm already starting to get depressed. But it has nothing to do with food, it has everything to do with how I felt after the first surgery, and the actions I took, or failed to take after discharge that could have hurried my recovery along. I wish I didn't have to of had a blood transfusion, and I wish things weren't as difficult as they were. Maybe I'm just going through hormones again. It's been 12 days and I've lost 21 pounds, 15 post op, 6 since my consultation in the beginning of October. I'm not even unhappy with the surgery, I'm very unhappy about the complications. I've been a depressed person before, having to work through complicated grief, but I can't tell if this is my hormones chugging along again, or if I really am depressed. Are these the things people get depressed about when they get depressed?

I can't tell you if this is what depression is. Everyone is different. I have been through so many bouts of depression, that for me, I know what to watch for. I see my shrink every month and have for the past 2 years. All I can suggest is to go and see a doctor and talk to him/her to see if that is what it really is. Good Luck and take care. Shawn M.

Ha, I kinda feel retarded right now, because I woke up feeling fine, and I know it was my hormones that were doing the crying last night. I've had such a horrible time with my periods and hormones since I was as heavy as I was, and not that I'm melting away, they're all flooding back and it's strange, but I know I can cope with it.

Depression is common with surgery. If you even think you may be then see a Dr. There is no reason to continue on that path. Sometimes its like a snowball. I am on Lexapro now and know that it is helping me through the adjustments of weight loss and dealing with a mother with dementia. You do not need to be unhappy. Period. And just in case you think that drugs are not the answer for some reason, under a Dr's care they can be a blessing.

Thank you for your reply, I'm sure I'm not depressed, and I'm very sre it was hormones. I used to be on 8 psychiatrict medications awhile back for "complicated grief" and I feel nothing like that now, so I'm pretty sure I cried wolf for nothing.

You might ask your dr. if a short term therapy of hormones in the form of a patch for a week or two might tide you over during the rough spots. My dr. prescribes them for all his female patients, just in case they start feeling depressed and/or irritable. I'm sorry you are feeling this way. Sucks to feel that way when we know we are doing the best for ourselves.