I am 2.5 weeks post op and I have been experiencing a lot of sadness, sometimes it come from nowhere and I feel a little immobilized. My Dr said it is completely normal, and I know there is a lot of loss that goes along with this surgery. Just wondering if other people are experiencing this and if it gets better quickly.

Get the book The Emotional First Aid Kit. You will be glad you did!

Thank you SO MUCH! Ordering it on kindle now!

I haven't had my surgery yet. Just keeping thinking how great you are going to look this time next year. I know it will be rough for you with the holidays but you will be a lot healthier.

Edited December 1, 201411 yr by Esmiamax

I am about 9wks post op and I did feel depression after surgery. Especially the second wk. It got better a little at a time. Going back to work helped me tons. It's alot to go through physical, but also mentally and emotionally. Hang in there it will get better. =)

Oh yes. I definitely went through that. I was terribly sad and emotional in the first few weeks after surgery. I think a lot of it came from honestly mourning the loss of food. I have always struggled with using food as a coping mechanism for a lot of things (stress, anger, hurt, happiness...pretty much every emotion...lol). So to lose that all at once meant I was feeling a lot of things that I usually would just numb with food. That's something I'm still working through, but definitely right after surgery it was intense. Hang in there!!!

Thank you for this.

Also I am having difficulty sleeping, I wake up every night at about 4AM and cant get back to sleep for hours, do other people experience this? Does it get better?

I felt very sad right around 3 weeks or so after surgery. But I can tell you that it didn't last long at all. Once the weight started coming off really fast and people noticed, it was like a high and I forgot all about being sad! I think I was mourning the loss of my favorite bad foods and the "rituals" I had for eating. Such as a huge breakfast before work every morning, snacking in the afternoon at work, snacking on the ride home from work and them of course eating a huge dinner full of carbs. I spent a lot of time getting food and hiding food and eating in private. That time is now all freed up and I felt lost at first, like what do I do now? There is definitely a mourning and adjustment period, but for me, it didn't last very long and I've never looked back. I am extremely happy with my results so far (surgery 6 1/2 months ago - down a total of 122 pounds from a HW of 328). Your sadness will go away soon, I'm sure of it!

I felt really sas ans emotional for the first 2 weeks I was regretting my decision but apparently when you are losing weight quick you release hormones which make you feel emotional ... I also kept waking up at 5 am every night was freaky but it went away I am 5 weeks post op