antidepressants and RNY
Hello everyone. I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to this. Are there any anti depressants that we can NOT take due to having RNY?? I was on Lexapro for years before surgery and then when I had the complications and was in the hospital for those 2 weeks they kept forgetting to give it to me and so I just stopped taking it all together. I was doing okay, but I feel that I need to go back on one now. I want to try Wellbutrin though because it's supposed to help with some other areas I am having problems with as well. It's always been my gyne that's given me the scripts and helped me with this because I have known him for 15 years and I worked for him ages ago. I am going there tomorrow, but he's on vacation so I will be seeing a Nurse Practitioner..
So, does anyone know if we can use Wellbutrin or not?
So, does anyone know if we can use Wellbutrin or not?
Monica
Hey sweetie! I didn't have RNY but I take effexor XR. My doc wrote the wrong script last time for just effexor and I could not handel that. I am glad you are going get help. I am so scared to go off my meds. There must be something in the air, because I am feeling awful bad lately. Good luck and know that I am here for you!
It depends what type of Wellbutrin they give you. Since you have a malabsorptive surgery, just make sure he does NOT put you on an extended release or in the case of Wellbutrin, "sustained-release," version. You dosage will then be uncertain.
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon!
Nicolle
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon!
Nicolle
I had the kick-butt duodenal switch (DS)!
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Monica that is a good question, I am on Cymbal and it is a time release and have been on it for years, now with this med if I forget it just one day I know it the next day, I so want to get off it, So don't get cymbal I was given it for pain, well I don't think it helps much. any way good luck to you hope you fine something you can take, I am going to be asking my Dr. next visit how I can get off mine and maybe take something else,
Take care,
Janet
Take care,
Janet
Success begins with wise choices I make,I will not let noncompliance be my mistake, The surgery I had was to assist me in changes. My compliance is for a success long range, So I will think before I decide to cheat. Remember the goals I want to meet. For this surgery is not something I was force to do It was what I wanted for a healthy life!
Hi Monica...I have been on antidepressants since I was 14 yrs old (I am now 48 yrs old)...so I know a little bit. I had my RNY on 2/12/08 and have gone down from 402# to 227#. I am very similar to you in some respects. After I had my surgery, I have great difficulty swallowing pills, whereas, before my surgery, I would swallow 7 at a time to get them down. I still HATE swallowing pills, but I do swallow 2 at a time. Because I had such difficulty swallowing pills for the first 6 months, I just stopped taking many pills; including antidepressants, blood pressure, cholesterol and more.
My blood pressure is more out of control than ever. As far as my antidepressants, I have done pretty good. I am presently taking (and have taken for at least 3 yrs) Wellbutrin, Zoloft and Trazadone. I am doing okay right now. I could probably be helped even better by a little more, but I am not sinking to deep depressions with what I am taking now. So Wellbutrin is fine after the surgery. The people prescribing this to me are from Mental Health...so it is fine. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me.
In fact, I have an ongoing blog about weightloss and surgery on my myspace (Weeping Willow) at http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.blogringMe mbers&BlogringID=1017962&Mytoken=3D8F19DA-C376-4EE9-84494185 BCE0B3C7277159536 and my myspace is http://www.myspace.com/babsisforever. I have had several people from this site find me and request a blog...so this is why I did it.
The blog is basically for people who need info, have questions, interested in finding out about weight loss surgery, just want to lose weight naturally, to vent feelings about weight loss, sharing recipes and much, much more!!
I am glad that you are interested in finding out more about this. But being a person who has suffered from depression since I was 14....I know this for certain....you are not invincible as I thought I was once before. You need to start taking your meds (antidepressants) as you were before. Then see how you feel. Don't be me. I stopped taking so many meds after surgery thinking that I was "okay" now and I was very, very wrong. I made a ton of wrong decisions. Lexapro is great...so is Wellbutrin. Weigh out facts with your doc or a friend...don't just quick. It will all catch up with you. I know that for sure. Blessings and join us!!
Barb
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thank you so much Barb. I am going to check out your blog and your myspace, though I use Facebook a lot more.
I have started taking Zoloft just 3 days ago, so obviously no change yet, but the Dr is hopeful this one will help with several things.
I was lucky in that the antidepressent was the only drug I was on before surgery as well.
I have started taking Zoloft just 3 days ago, so obviously no change yet, but the Dr is hopeful this one will help with several things.
I was lucky in that the antidepressent was the only drug I was on before surgery as well.
Monica
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