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You might see if anyone on the men's forum will answer this....(Without giving you too hard a time being on the "men's" site!)
Anne
As of tomorrow it will by 105 days....I am so happy - I cannot believe I have made it this long - longest period for me in many years.....without using some type of intoxicant - be it drugs or alcohol.
Anne
I'm bipolar as well so I have to take my mood stabelizors along with the others and I sleep like a baby. I take a Low dosage of Seroquel, Tegratol, Trazadone and Klonopin and they work to help me relax and sleep through the night.
You can follow my journey at mandaschange.blogspot.com
for the female, periods start or resume...
I know i heard something about estrogen being stored in fat...does that effect men also, and how?
thanks for any info
I visit the Overcoming Binge Eating Forum, and find it helpful. I have been in therapy for twenty years for Binge Eating, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Bipolar, and Alcoholism, just to name a few. I also did outpatient treatment twice for eating disorders, and am currently in outpatient treatment for alcoholism. Sometimes I feel discouraged that I am where I am after all these years of therapy. But, then I look back to where I was twenty years ago, and see progress.
I have a list of coping skills that I sometimes use when I am tempted to self-destruct with food, or whatever. Unfortunately, food is the hardest thing to resist, and rationalize.
Some books that have helped me include "the Beck Diet Solution" and "The Anatomy of a Food Addiction"
Hang in there.
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
I am glad you found this forum. As for depression, I have been on antidepressants for a very long time, prescribed by my psychiatrist. I have been in therapy and on meds for about 20 years. In addition to my depression, I have been treated for binge eating disorder and alcoholism.
Many people struggle after WLS because we are not using food to deal with negative emotions. Now, we must feel the feelings, and not numb out.
My suggestion would be to check out some therapy, and get a psych eval. I prefer that people get psych meds from a psychiatrist.
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Proud mama of Mischa and Gabriel, both born post-op.
Sarah
I was diagnosed with bipolar type schizoaffective disorder in 2005 and prior to that, I had been diagnosed from an early age with various forms of depression.
I am almost 6 months post-op (lap RNY) and today, due to stress beyond my control, I have been eating way too much which scares me because prior to today, I haven't been able to tolerate the foods I am binging on. Today I've had macaroni and cheese mixed with tuna, oatmeal cookies, tons of skim milk and water, a bowl of ice cream and countless numbers of popsicles. I'm currently experiencing dumping, but I still want to eat.
I'm currently at work for another few hours or else I'd just go to sleep.
I do go to counseling once every two weeks and that has helped me up until now.
I am on meds, an antidepressant and an antipsychotic.
Any tips on what I can do to control the eating?
Proud mama of Mischa and Gabriel, both born post-op.
lately ive been extremely depressed and feeling hopeless. and its not about my wls or my job or relationship (i thought for a second it was my boyfriend but its not..) just complete utter dissatisfaction with everything for no reason, nothing triggering it.
its subsided, but it was a rough week this week and im super glad im starting to feel a little bit like myself again :)
question for anybody on meds for their depression after wls, did you approach this with your surgeon or did you go to pcp for a script or how did you handle this?
please let me know!
thanks for everything!
-am <3