I have been on zoloft, and lexapro prior to my surgery.  The lexapro was successful pre- and post-op.  I am now on cymbalta, because of chronic pain.  It helps with the depression, but not the pain. 

I suggest you work with a psychiatrist for the meds, and I also suggest a really good book.  "Feeling Good" by Dr. David Burns.  It helped me, and many of my family and friends.  It is about cognitive therapy, and it is a self-help book.  My psychiatrist recommended it years ago, and it really is worth it.

Feel free to PM me if you need to.

Trish
 

Jessica,

I am a patient of the Barnes' also... if you saw their "shrinks" I would definately get a second opinion. I too have been told I was mild bipolar, but come to find out it was just a med issue that once they changed the combo of the anxiety and depression meds, I was good to go and stopped what the dr said was manic fits. I see all to often dr's that want to put the Bipolar label on us because it is the latest label they can slap on people. Please get more info! and if I were you, I wouldn't tell the family anything until you have researched it more and seen a true shrink... After WLS I was able to come off ALL meds and ahve been med free for 1 year ( 130lbs later) however I am going back to the shrink tomorrow to get back on some form of med, I think I would of been able to of stayed drug free, however my husband of 11 years decided that now was the time to find a girlfriend so I am dealing with some major anger issues and have a huge amount of rage that is getting the best of me.... SO any suggestions from other WLS greaties on what anti depressants wont' sabotage my weight loss??????

GOOD MORNING OH'ERS.. IT'S FRIDAY! !

Today I am grateful..

That the sun is shining in my world..

For my co-worker Jesse who keeps me in stitches..

That I didn't go postal on a lady that was talking stupid stuff at the store last night..

For little things..

For all the messages I received about my show..

SONG OF THE WEEK..

3 DOORS DOWN.. LET ME BE MYSELF..

I guess i just got lost being someone else,
I tried to kill the pain
But nothing ever helped
I left myself behind
Somewhere along the way
Hoping to come back around
and find myself some day

Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK, tell me please
Would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

Would you Let Me Be Myself
Coz I'll never find my heart
Behind someone else
I'll never see the light of day
Living in this cell
It's time to make my way
Into the world i knew
And take back all of these times
That I gave in to you

Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK, tell me please
Would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself,
For a while
If you don't mind,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

That's all i ever wanted from this world
Was to let me be me..

Please, would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself
Please, would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself,
For a while
If you don't mind,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK..

IS FROM A BRONX TALE ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES..

Lorenzo: The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.

I AM WATCHING BIG MEDICINE RIGHT NOW!!!
YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL!
I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR GRATEFUL POSTS!
I AM STARTING THE NEW YEAR 105 POUNDS LIGHTER AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WLS!!HAPPY HOLIDAYS, LOVE YOU, LORRIE

12/16 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Sometimes, on those bad days we all have from time to time, it almost seems that God doesn't want us to be happy on earth and, for those of us who believe in an afterlife, that He demands pain and suffering in this life as the price of happiness in the next.  The Program teaches me that just the opposite is the case.  God wants me to be happy right here on earth -- right now.  When I allow Him to, He will even point out the way.  DO I SOMETIMES STUBBORNLY REFUSE TO LOOK WHERE GOD IS POINTING?

TODAY I PRAY
I pray that I am not playing the perennial sufferer, dragging around in the boots of tragedy and acting as if suffering is the only ticket to heaven.  May I look around, at the goodness and greenery of earth, which is testimony enough that our life here is meant to be more than just one pitfall after another.  May no misconception of God as a master trapper, waiting in every thicket to snare us, distort my relationship with a loving, forgiving Higher Power.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
There is more to life than suffering.