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I am two weeks post op and within the last few days, I have started going through the blues of depression. I have absolutely no energy, am weepy all the time, and just don't feel like doing anything. I know I was told this could happen, but how long can I expect it to last...it certainly isn't fun and I am not really enjoying the great aspect of my weight loss. Any words of encouragement would greatly help.
~Ema
Revision - Lapband to RNY 3/15/2013 = Highest weight: 244 lbs, Surgery weight: 230 lbs, Goal Weight: 130
So after my PCP added Wellbutrin 150 mg to my Celexa 40 mg I noticed I was more irratable & snappy. My PCP decided that it was time to change to a different anti-depressant. I had been on Celexa for 13 years, but he said they just in the past year have been finding out that Celexa is having a lot of drug interactions. So after wheening myself off Celexa this past week, which by the way I can really tell the difference that it's not in my system as it has been. I will be starting Prozac 20mg with the Wellbutrin 150mg tomorrow. I really hope this combo does well for me. I also hope I will now be able to sleep at night too. My PCP said that it may help with that as well since I have not slept a complete night since surgery.
Anyone taking the prozac/wellbutrin combo? Or have taken the combo? Would like to hear from you with your experiences with it.
Highest weight : 315 lbs, Surgery weight: 298.5 lbs, Current weight: 183.5 lbs
Thank you! I will keep you posted 
First of all: HUGS! 
I just replied to your blog post. I like your plan to use your EAP. Please keep us posted.
Lynn 
Well-behaved women seldom make history. --Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Hi everyone. I've been feeling pretty hopeless for a while now. I feel like these dark emotions come and go like waves. Sometimes I can go for months without feeling so sad and other times I feel like I don't know what to do with myself. It hasn't gotten to the the point where I call of work or stop doing the things I normally do. I find myself fighting back tears at work. I've caught myself looking up things online which I probably shouldn't like what the process is in overdoses of certain medications. I know I would not hurt myself, I'm too afraid of death. Ironic? I don't know.
Other things I've noticed through out the years. Work has been extremely tough as far as who my bosses. Right now things are the best they've been in a while but having to fix the stupid mistakes of your superiors doesn't make for the best work environment. Luckily that person is gone. Still I belive that my stress/anxiety issues began because of this. In 2010 I started to notice little round spots on my hands that would be itchy and grow wider over time until they disappeared. A friend of mine told me that maybe it could be ringworm. I thought it was possible because my dog had it. Well, I went to my PCP and two dermatologist and was treated for almost a whole year for ringworm. It wasn't until the second dermatologist decided to do a skin biopsy that I found out I had hives! After that I went to an allergist that checked for basic allergens and told me everthing came out negative. So I started to pay attention to when I got them and I really think they have to do with stress/anxiety.
I feel like I'm not exactly paralized by fear they certainly do show up on my skin in the most annoying manner. The itch can be so unberable especially in the palms of my hands and on my feet. To the point where even washing my hands is horrible. I have been working in a different department at work and the hives had disappeared for months but they're back now. I know its not work because things are okay here. I know my regain after RNY has been on my mind as well as my doggie being sick but its not like I haven't been through that before. Its hard because sometimes I can pinpoint what has stressed me out and sometimes I can't. It can happen when I'm happy anxious and when something stressful happens. Make sense??? I have no idea.
Well I've been rambling on enough. I just needed to get it off my chest. I think I'm going to use the EAP at work to find a therapist.
I am bipolar and considering having the sleeve. Problem is, i swear the psych meds have put 80 lbs on me, so I am wondering if surgery will be effective for me. I al so take insulin and other diabetes drugs. Everyone saya the surgery will make me healthier but I have my doubts.
Can totally relate to all u shared about. I was diagnosed bipolar 2 years before my WLS and was about 15 years clean and sober as well. I have been successful with taking the weight off but did ultimately relapse as a result of self medicating my unrecognized bipolar episodes. I began abusing prescription meds and ended up suicidal and in a dual diagnosis ward. I am clean and sober again but in intense treatment now to get myself mentally stable. I am on short term disability from work as my pdoc and I work out a med ****tail that's going to keep me even keeled. Currently I am on 200 mg Lamictal, 900 mg Lithium and 300 mg Wellbutrin. I am just now starting to feel a little normal after about 4 months.....but I know I am still in the infancy stage of getting well again. I am afraid of weight gain with these new meds but I am willing to allow some pounds if it means staying alive and giving my kids the stable mother they deserve. I have been on a friggen roller coaster for years and I can definitely attest to the fact that just because we lose the weight, life doesnt get all fine and dandy.
Good luck!
Sounds like you are on the right track. You have done excellent with your weight loss so far. Don't give up. I have a food addiction too. I just realized that reading your post, I do all the same things. I don't hide what I eat, but I buy a lot of junk food. I have found that eating before I go grocery shopping helps, and make a list of what you need. Hang in there. Barb
