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I've been on meds for depression since I was 21. I'm now 56, and have suffered with several bouts of major depression episodes. I'm stable on my psych meds now, and have been stable for about two years. I'm worried this will affect the effectiveness of the meds or that the surgery will cause a major depression episode. I've been told exercise is very effective after surgery and will help with depression. I just hope I remain stable. I plan to discuss with my psych before surgery,just wondering about some of your experiences.

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I have been on Wellbutrin since having a stroke in 2010 and suffering somewhat from post-stroke depression and anxiety. My sleeve has not made it any worse, and I am currently weaning off of it for the third time. Well, I hope the third time is the charm, because I would like to be off all of my meds at some point.

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I have had major depression and have been on Effexor and Valproic acid for the last 14 years.

I had gastric bypass 3.5 weeks ago and I am doing fine.

I just continued with my meds, Effexor is a capsule so I open it and put it in a spoonful of yogurt or apple sauce.

The Valproic acid comes in a liquid form.

I discussed the surgery with my psy and she did not see any problem, on the contrary, looking after my health is very positive.

Good luck on your surgery, you will be fine and happy when you start loosing.

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Thanks all. I'm glad I know I can come here for support if I do start feeling down after my surgery.

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I actually went through a severe case of depression about 4 years ago, and since that time have done well on prozac, wellbutrin and a small dose of abilify.

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I'm just praying the bypass doesn't interfere with these meds continuing to work for me.

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Me too! On Wellbutrin and Lexapro. Had a major episode of depression three years ago and was in psych hospital for 11 days. Very stable now. My psychiatrist knows I'm having this surgery and he is very knowledgable about. He does psych evals for WLS from time to time and was encouraging.

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Dar200 I am encouraged and hopeful that exercise and maintaining our meds will keep us stable.

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I've taken 80mg of prozac for many years.. I have had no problems after RNY. I thought I would have a problem with the capsule and that was ok too. Rny 6/25/15. Also they required clearance from my psychiatrist

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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