anxiety
Hello my fellow supporters.
just curious if anyone after surgery suffers from anxiety? I am overwhelmed and everything seems to stress me out. I always feel like I'm being smothered by the people that support me. I know they care. But at times I just need my space. I need to focus on me. Even though I keep telling them I am suffering from anxiety and was diagnosed with bronchial spasms. I made a Dr appointment and in hopes to see a psychologist. Other times I feel like I have the world on my shoulders. Anyone else had or is going through something like this.
Yes. Yes. And yes. Lots of therapy and meds have helped me soooo much. I've had to learn to be patient with myself, stop judging myself or feeling frustrated with myself for feeling depressed and anxious in order to deal with my underlying issues. Self care is really important and something that has taken me years to truly come to understand and implement. Please PM if you want to talk more about it - I've been there and know how hard it is.
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HW 420/ SW 335 /CW 200 
85 lbs lost pre-op / 135 post op
~~~~Alison~~~~~
on 2/16/16 12:30 pm - WI
If the anxiety issues are new ( since surgery) you might be experiencing the effects of hormone dumping. Estrogen is stored in your fat cells and rapid weight loss releases tons of estrogen into your system causing mood swings, anger, depression, anxiety, etc. If you had anxiety attacks pre-surgery, they could be made worse from the hormone dumping.
It's totally normal and does get better as your weight loss levels off.
HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)
VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010
I've been in therapy since about 2 month postop. For a while I was having anxiety attacks. War thinking about asking my doc for Xanax, but it seems to have cleared up for a bit. If it treats is ugly head again I'm going straight to my doc. It's a horrible feeling.
If you can, get in to a therapist asap. It really helps top have someone there to help work things through.
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
thank you.
I'm going to see a new Dr and hope to get a referral through him. I'm going thru a process to change Dr. My surgeon knows about what I'm going through. It started happening 3 weeks after my RNY. I still feel like the world is on my shoulders. I'm trying the yoga breathing . That helps somewhat.
