Ok so I just thought I was "sad" at first but now I am coming to conclusion that I am depressed. Like stay home all the time, sleep till really late (it's 1pm and writing this in bed) skipped my training session, house is a mess, low sex drive, nothing makes me happy depressed. I hate this feeling, I want to just shake it off. Just don't know how.

What's going on?

I know that this won't be very easy for you, but get out of bed, get dressed, eat lunch, and take a walk. Your right, this is depression talking. Don't listen to your internal dialogue, just start walking. You will start to feel better I promise. Call a friend are right more on this post about how your feeling. Depression is a chemical embalance in your brain. By becoming more active, you will start to feel a lot better. Please let us know how your doing.

hi iliana82

i can some what relate to being down in the dumps from WLS, i just wanted to respond to say i care.

from your profile i see you are going through very hard health problems, so i'm sure this understandably adds to your sad feelings.

As far as your weight goes, your off to a great start by seeing a trainer, excercisng. You've already lost a bunch of weight. Congrats on that.

I'm sure you are working on eating better, thus the sleeve, healthy and improving yourself inside and out.

i am lucky enough to have insurance cover for paying a therapist. Are you able to seek the help of a therapist? Maybe a pastor, rabbi?

Please post again,

Good luck - we are all here for support concerning our WLS.

Please take care

best wishes

kathy

I understand depression is pretty common after bariatric surgery. I had a relatively mild bout with depression about six weeks out from surgery also. Seems odd, because we should be happy we're losing weight. But I think it's partly because we have a new normal and we're missing our "friend" -- food. We also can't eat much at that point because we're still healing. I didn't have any energy for the first couple of months either.

Please talk to your physician about it -- you may be depressed or you may have a Vitamin D deficiency or something like that. But your physician should be able to determine that. The symptoms you describe definitely sound serious.

Take good care of yourself and let us know how things are going ...

Carol

You and me both sister!!! Luckily I'm able to get out to work, but life is pretty much miserable...and no sex drive WHATSOEVER!! I'm planning on a trip to the doc real soon!

I've been struggling as well. I'm only two weeks out as of tomorrow but I have been a mess. My doc requires a clear liquid diet for 3 weeks after surgery - I have 9 days to go. I struggle with liquid and protein and I feel completely defeated at the end of every day. I knew this wasn't going to be easy but I could have never expected to feel so disconnected from my old life. Tonight I went to make dinner - and then remembered that I don't eat. I cried for 20 minutes. I can't wait for things to get better.