I am 25 yrs old and always so depressed dude to my weight i have 3 children and I'm a stay at home wife my children ages are 3yrs 18 months & 4 months my husband is 23 yrs I'm always angry in a bad mood plus health issues always tired with my energy on the floor this is why i took my first step in looking into WLS i feel hopeless ????

Congratulations for taking that first step and seeking help.

Where do you stand in the process?

Have you attended a seminar and/or selected a surgeon?

Most Bariatric Centers of Excellence have a psychologist on staff or have someone they can refer you to. If not, you may want to make an appointment with your PCP to talk about your depression.

Since the process for getting WLS takes so long, you really need to seek treatment for depression now.

I wish you the best of luck. You have already taken the hardest step: accepting that you need help and can't do it alone. This site is a great source of information, encouragement, and inspiration. Keep posting and participating and you will learn a lot.

I agree. Get treatment for the depression now because sometimes the surgery can put your hormones temporarily out of whack and make post op recovery more stressful.

Whether or not you end up having WLS or not, I hope you know your value in life is precious...don't forget that, no matter what.

Every day we get up, is another day we can find hope in our world. I am personally 8 weeks post op, and I still struggle to find my confidence and my will to keep moving on in this WL journey. We are here for you....and we all get down sometimes....

I haven't been on here long, but I have been here long enough to know you are welcome here among friends, to share experiences, trials and triumphs....