I can't stop crying.

I don't know if this is related to the surgery or what, but it is driving me nuts!
  I have been crying a lot lately.  I'm not generally much of a crier.  I'll cry at a sad movie or if someone dies.  Average crying was once a month.   Last night I cried for about 2 hours straigh****ching my Tivoed episodes of Private Practice.  There were some touching moments, but nothing to cry for 2 hours straight about.  I cry at nearly every TV show I watch now.  Happy moments, sad moments, meaningful moments.  Cry, cry, cry.   The night before I cried for really no reason.  I just sat on the couch sobbing.   I am crying all of the time.  I cry at least once a day.  I don't really feel depressed or anything.  I'm on Paxil for anxiety and it does a pretty good job.  It has definitely helped even my moods out.  I've been on it for a few years now.   I know that they said that right after weight-loss surgery, people tend to be overly emotional because lots of hormone changes are happening, plus it is a big deal.  But yesterday was my 6-month "surgiversary".  So that should be over, right?   I generally do not have PMS, but I just had my period that ended a few days ago.  But this has been going on for a few weeks now.   Any ideas of why I would just start crying constantly?  I even cried in front of my husband, which I have only done when people died or the time I got a really bad haircut.

going through the same thing. unfortunately when you lose all that weight you release hormones so we are all out of wack that way. eventually it will even out once you stop losing but you might want to consult your gyno to see if she/he can help. or look into herbal remedies which i am going to do. i'll let you know what i learn.

I can't tell you if it is surgery related.  But I just want you to know that I can empathize with you.  I have been that way for many many years.  I'm very emotional, I cry for happy and sad emotions, all except anger, don't usually cry for that.  Lord, if I'm going to get more emotional with weight loss, I'm going to be a mess. 

I am sorry you are so emotional. I remember going through a phase after surgery where I cried from the drop of a hat. 
Maybe you can talk to Dr. Moie and see if he recommends you see the counselors at his program. I went to the counselors for a while when I was at GBMC with DVR.  Have you thought of talking to your doctor about changing the paxil to something else? I don't know maybe it is not effective anymore after surgery? Just something to think about.

Good luck sweetie and I hope you get to feeling better soon.

As far as I know, Dr. Moein doesn't have counselors at GBMC.  I do see Ranessa McNally, though.  However, I only go about once a month because she's out the Pikesville area and I'm in Bel Air, so its a hike.  I don't have another appointment until Nov 6. 

I really don't think it is an issue with the Paxil, because I really take that for anxiety, and my anxiety is under control.  I feel fine mentally, except for when I am crying. I don't sit around depressed or anything.  I've never really had depression issues.  Paxil has been like a wonder drug for my anxiety (which was so ridiculously out of control before I started taking it) and it also cured my migraines for the most part.  Since I can't take Excedrin now, I'm terrified of migraines.  Tylenol doesn't do anything.  I've take other anti-anxiety drugs and Paxil works the best.  Plus, it is super hard to wean off of.  When I had the perforation surgery, they took me off of it (since I couldn't take anything orally) and I was so nutty when I got home.  So as soon as I got back on it, I was much better.

Plus, I just get the Rx from my PCP, who I rarely see and barely know.  I was put on it by a psych, but then switched to the PCP for med management.  I don't think I'd really trust him to find me a new med since it isn't his area of expertise.

I can deal with the crying as long as I am not depressed.  I'm guessing it is the hormones. 

I'm also guessing this weight loss is screwing with my period, because I have PCOS and rarely get it.  I had it for over 2 weeks, and one week of it was so bad that I literally had to wear a Depends diaper.   The heaviness started the day before I was due to fly home from SC.  My stepmom and I were in the store and I felt something on my knee. I looked down and blood was soaking through my jeans at my knee.  That's how bad it was.  And this was WITH a super maxi. My grandma wears Depends at night and had left some there from her visit, so I just ended up putting them on.  I was so thankful for them on the plane.  Then one day when I was home, I went to take a shower and I was naked and noticed there was no towel.  So I went over to the linen closet and all of the sudden, blood just started literally pouring out of me.  Made a HUGE puddle on the floor.  I kept thinking "Man, if I disappear, my H will get arrested for killing me.  CSI will find blood all over the place!"  I'm hoping that the next time I get it, it is normal.  We'll see.  Damn hormones.

Wow poor girl you are definitely having a rough time of it.  I know that when you are losing a lot of weight the estrogen that was stored in the fat cells are now being released in record speed all at once. That has a major effect on our cycles and emotions.  Remeber that you ad gastric bypass and we don't absorb everything like before so you might be absorbing half of the dosage you are taking. 
I would sugest to talk to the dr who originally prescribed it to you or the pcp and see what they can do.

I am sorry you are having such horrible periods.  The extra estrogen will give you periods that are hellish.  I hope that your cycles get better soon. Maybe you should get checked out because you can get anemic bleeding so much.  Do you take an iron pill daily? When DVR did my surgery he recommended I take one Vitron C daily (iron supplement) did Dr. Moein recommend you do the same?

Anyway sweetie I hope things gets better for you soon.

Keep me posted on how you do ok.

Have a great weekend.

Too funny about you disappearing and hubby getting arrested for something he did not do.  Imagine that! lol

I think you are right...hormones, lots of changes in 6 months, paxil being malabsorbed somewhat after surgery, and maybe increased anxiety/depression.  It's good to talk to your doctor who prescribes the paxil and see if he/she recommends a change in meds or counseling. 
I too cried today for absolutely no reason I could think of at the time.  CRying is a part of healing.  I know it sounds corny but it's true, and I think without food to comfort us we are more exposed to our emotions when they arise.  Take care and stay in touch.

I've never been much of an emotional eater, but when flying home from SC, my connection got cancelled.  So I was stressed that I was in Charlotte and no way to get home, plus I had killer cramps, so I was in a pissy mood.  I went by a Cinnabon store and smelled it, and thought "If eating solid food didn't make me vomit, I'd be cramming about 5 of those down my throat!"  Then I was like "Huh, where did that come from?"  Maybe I'm a stress eater.  Cinnabons do smell awful good though. 

Man, I thought I was the only person who cryed over tv commercials!!! LOL! !
I went through this a few months ago, and was told that fat cells contain estrogen, so when you are burning up all those little boogers, the hormones gotta go somewhere.

Try to avaoid soy proteins if possible for a while because the mimmick estrogen in the body too. And hey look at the brightside, cring has to burn "some" calories right??!!!