Drinking and depression

These past few months have been hell for me ... I can't stop either. I have made a appointment with a doc to help with both but it anint coming fast enough.. I feel that I I am falling fast. Thae pain i feel hurts so bad I am not sure that i can go on. I am happy with the weight that I have lost but ther is so much more to it than just the pounds that have came off.. I am Am a fraid of DIEING.... I have Have NO ONE to talk to!... My liver is in early stages of fibboses and that aint good and that seems to make me want to drink more What is up with that??? I need help.. Cyndee

Cyndee, My doc, who knows about my wls, but is an addictions specialist, says even non-wlsers, when they quit drugs or alcohol, spend months with depression and mood swings. Imagine us...how our brain chemicals are so totally out of whack! The seratonin/brain connection is fried on several levels and has been for a for a looong time. Operating on the stomach does not flip a switch in the brain. I told doc the mood swings were comprimising my sobriety. He put me on a generice for Prozac, which I asked for short term...6 mos, not wanting to get a transferrance going, and it has made a huge difference. No more high highs, and 2 minutes later a low, low. It was like living inside an alien. While I don't necessarily advocate drugs, for most it's unreasonable to suddenly, in the space of a 3 hr. operation, to eat a normal, healthy diet, not drink at all, and exercise regularly. I do whatever I have to do to insure success to the best of my ability. Vicki