Question:
GOING CRAZY

I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME MAJOR MOOD SWINGS AND KINDA FLIPPING OUT LIKE CRYING FOR NO REASON ..... GETTING MAD OVER SILLY THINGS .....AFTER IT HAPPENS I FEEL SILLY THAT I FLIPPED OUT OVER NOTHING ..... I FELT LIKE I HAD MAYBE A PANIC ATTACK..... LASTED A FEW MIN THEN WENT AWAY....IT SCARES ME AND MY DOC CANT GET ME IN FOR A FEW DAYS.......HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE BEFORE AND IF SO WHATS WRONG WITH ME ARE MY LEVELS MAYBE TO LOW    — MIKI4 (posted on February 24, 2006)

February 24, 2006
RELAX!!! AND TAKE DEEP BREATHES!!! When I got your post it didnt have a link to your profile so I don't know when you had your surgery. Let me preface with. I have not had surgery yet, however I have been on this site for a while, and did alot of research. So I know after surgery for alot of women their hormones can go wacky for a while. This maybe and I stress the word may, all that is happening to you. And I don't mean to make light of that. But its alot better than thinnking your loosing your mind! I have bipolar disorder, and have had many a panic attack, so I know how scared you must feel, and the very nature of my disorder is mood swings. You definately need to see and speak with you doctor, but until then..When you feel yourself getting anxious, MAKE YOURSELF sit down, close your eyes, and consentrate on your breathing. it really does work. You need to take steady deep breathes, till you feel you can pass thru the attack. you I can help any you are welcome to email me or IM me on AOL by maureenjax.
   — rmc5605

February 24, 2006
Sounds exactly like what I went through 3 years ago. I had a major break down, my husband made me go to the doctor and she put me on anti-depressants after doing an eval. Worked miracles. Good luck!
   — classite

February 24, 2006
I am post-op, surgery 02/06/06. I don't know where you are on the journey...but...if you are a brand new post-op, this is completely normal. While in the hospital and about the first week home, I had mood swings from hell. Quite literally, I could go from loving everyone, to crying my eyes to wanting to kill someone with this horrible feeling of rage and could go through all of that in about 15 minutes. Then a started a MONSTER of a period and well, that just added to the fun! For me, I had been taken off my hormones one month prior to surgery and taken off my anti-depressant about 2-3 days before surgery. Then, I had surgery and my insides were re-routed...that pretty much screws up the hormones!! I just tried to stay away from my family. It seems to have settled down right now. I hope that helps a little :-) Tammy Oklahoma
   — Thin2WinNOklahoma

February 24, 2006
If you get into your doctor, ask for Xanax. It's good stuff. It's an anxiety medication.
   — LaurieH

February 24, 2006
I am going to assume you are post-op because I have heard of this happening to lots of people. Sometimes you're going to feel like food is your enemy now because you can't do what you used to do which is soothe yourself with food - either because you dump, or you can't eat as much or you can't eat certain things at all without having to pop it back up. Food for a long time was your coping mechanism and your drug of choice and when it is lost to you in that way, you need something to replace it. I honestly think the best thing anybody can do that has this surgery is get therapy to go along with it - to help you identify why you ate addictively in the past, to ensure you don't do it again (many post-ops at two years out will regain lots of weight if they haven't mastered the change in lifestyle - I am one of them!), and to develop different coping mechanisms. I wish you all the best. And yes, perhaps an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety medication of some kind might be of help. I went for something a bit milder than Xanax as I heard it could become addictive as well... Since I was battling with quitting smoking, I went on Wellbutrin (it is the exact same drug as Zyban but my drug plan covered W and not Z). Good luck to you!
   — j_coulter