I've been reading alot of posts, and i notice 2 things that keep pooping up, stomach acid and hunger and depression due to hormones released from fat? I'm not sure how stomach acid makes you hungry, i've had reflux and heart burn, and the last thing i felt was hunger, also, does the over production of acid decrease over time? does hormones really get released from body fat? Sorry about all the questions, but i find these 2 topics facinating and scary...thanks for listening, vicki~

Yes acid does decrease after time. Dr told me to expect to be on meds for about 6 months. It is not really like acid reflux, it is more like nausea/hunger from what my friend has told me. The body releases hormones when breaking down fat cells that cause a hormone surge could can lead to depression. Similar to post pardum.

Yes acid does decrease after time. Dr told me to expect to be on meds for about 6 months. It is not really like acid reflux, it is more like nausea/hunger from what my friend has told me. The body releases hormones when breaking down fat cells that cause a hormone surge could can lead to depression. Similar to post pardum.

Wow, you would think my doctor would have discussed this with me since i am already depressed and on paxil...i already take prilosec so that is good....thanks so much for the info...my surg is nov 1. i hope you get your date soon ....good luck, vicki

My date is Dec 1st. I take lexapro. The depression is suppose to go away after the initial huge weight loss. The surgeon told me that most of his patients go off of meds completely after the weight loss.

My date is Dec 1st. I take lexapro. The depression is suppose to go away after the initial huge weight loss. The surgeon told me that most of his patients go off of meds completely after the weight loss.

THANKS Lisa, I take paxil and would love not to take it, but i was nervous after reading a womans post on here about depression and anxiety attacks and hospital admission!!!

It's not really an acid reflux feeling when we talk about the false hunger. Our stomachs immediately post-op does not realize that it doesn't need to make the same amount of acid for the big stomach that was there pre-VSG. For me, when I hit mushies, I would eat and then this weird twinge, gnawing feeling in my stomach about an hour after I ate, talked to some vets, and they told me it was "false hunger" because of acid. I've been on Prilosec since then and have zero intentions of going off of it anytime soon. I've told myself that I'd wean off of it, but when something isn't broken, why fix it? I'd rather take a Prilosec every day of my life than deal with reflux, or worse, Barrett's Esophagus. I know a couple of people that have been successful weaning off their acid reducer, others aren't so lucky and have to stay on their PPI, then there is those of us out there that aren't willing to deal with any of the symptoms so we still pop our little PPI and go about our happy little lives. I don't think I'll ever go off of it to be honest, maybe I'll try weaning off at my 18 month check up, but I highly doubt it LOL. I'm a little spoiled to my routine, no reflux, no hunger, I'll take the Prilosec every day if that's what I get. The long term side effects are so minimal for my age group, and I make sure to take my Calcium citrate, that I'm not overly concerned about taking a PPI.

As for the hormones/depression thing, I didn't get depressed, I got pretty pissy, and grumpy. It was like PMS times 1000, and my poor family caught the brunt of it. I was pissed off at the world, and didn't really have a reason to be mad, but I was. It did get better once I slowed my weight loss down.

My PPI definitely acts as an appetite suppresant; on days that I don't take it I find myself wanting food in a different way and yes also the gnawing sensation in the stomach. When I take it regularly I think, I feel just fine I don't need this, then I go without for a day or two and the burn starts up and I realize oh yeah, that little pill does a lot!

You all know everything! I am 1 week out, -14lbs, and I'm having this GNAWING "hunger" that is ridicuous. I cheated and tried a couple small bites of a chicken leg (I chewed like crazy) and that didn't stop it. From there I figured this had to be some type of acid or something.

I have my 1 week followup with my surgeon and his team tomorrow, so I'm going to mention this to them.