hormones

I am worried about the hormone release that is experienced once you begin to loose weight rapidly.  It makes me nervous that I may go crazy.  I have heard from a few people that have had the surgery that it was bad for them, all over the place emotionally.  Did anyone else experience this?  Is this all in my head and is it really an issue?  Thanks.  This site has been nothing but positive encouragement pre surgery and I do not get that at home so I am grateful for this.

I was warned about that also, but it never happened to me. There was a bit of a phase where everything was  so touching that it made me somewhat emotional, but not weepy. The flowers are so beautiful, that baby so sweet, etc- but that's it! 

I never noticed any issues with it.

I felt like I was over-the-top crazy for the first year. By the end of my second year I felt back to normal.

I had a pretty intensely emotional first few weeks.  I cried (sobbed) often, I got so frustrated (at minor things) that I felt like I was constantly talking through clenched teeth, and I felt pretty down in general.  I am 8 weeks out and it is a lot better, but I still have my days.  I had postpartum depression when I had my son (17 years ago) and this was similar.  I knew it might happen, so I was prepared.  I was in therapy and was on an anti depressant medication prior to my surgery so I made sure that I had a script for the medicine in a form I could take and I saw my therapist every week.  I also went to the support group that is part of the weight loss surgery program I am in.  I cried through the first group!  It gets better though.  It made it easier for me to just remind myself that I knew this might be part of the process.  I also forced myself to be physically active every day, that helped a lot too.  You will get through it! 

The first few weeks were a struggle before I adjusted to post-op life, but I feel pretty normal at this point.

I had some ups and downs but didn't go "crazy". I. Think e ppl who say they went crazy are exaggerating for attention,IMHO.

It's not really craziness.  It's more extreme moodiness.  Happy one minute, crying the next, or pissed at the world.  It's a rollercoaster of emotion.

It may be hormones or it may just be the life changes that come along with surgery and feeling better about myself, but my type of "crazy" seems to be that I am not taking any crap from anyone anymore. I have a "shape up or ship out" attitude and I kind of like it.