Depression

[Uniqbtrfly 27]

Yes....treated off and on since I was 26. Was depressed as a teenager. I am 63 now. Several times I took myself off my antidepressant. Those times were my "natural highs". Two yrs ago I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2. WLS did not affect my depression. I tried it afterwards without my meds...but mine is inherited so its with me for life and I now embrace it...fighting it only makes it worse. I still have my bad days every once in a while but I have a very loving and supportive husband, a great psychiatrist, and two adorable loving morkies.

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[Odie 249]

Unless your depression was directly related to your obesity, your depression will not be magically gone! I have struggled with severe and chronic depression since I was 15 years old. I was of normal weight until I hit 50 so there was no correlation. I still struggle but I am physically more healthy and at least have been able to get rid of the high blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems due to my weight loss. I take the same two antidepressants and, in fact, have had to add another one. Depression is a horrible, debilitating, crushing condition that few people fully understand unless they also deal with it. I watched my mother struggle and now my son which breaks my heart.