If you deal with depression / anxiety before your surgery how have you been dealing with it since post op. I take Zoloft and lithium for my anxiety / depression but I’ve been off my meds since the doctor said I can only crush them. It’s been about 2-3 weeks since I’ve taken them. How do you motivate yourself to go outside and enjoy life ?

If you deal with depression / anxiety before your surgery how have you been dealing with it since post op. I take Zoloft and lithium for my anxiety / depression but I’ve been off my meds since the doctor said I can only crush them. It’s been about 2-3 weeks since I’ve taken them. How do you motivate yourself to go outside and enjoy life ?

Oh no thats not good. I am on zoloft and a few other pills and my surgeon told me to continue to take them and I don't crush them. I stopped taking them for the few days on the hospital but I started back taking them about 3 days post op.

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This worries me a lot! Psychiatric meds shouldn't be stopped suddenly.

I take so many meds for my bipolar that I'd be a complete wreck if they were stopped suddenly.

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Yikes! Really terrible advice to stop taking depression medications - at least call your psych and get an IR version. I had mine switched to IR because of absorption with SR version. But at a week or more out swallowing pills should be okay just time release might need adjusting. Good luck.

Do you suppose I will go on IR, liquid or will they merely crush my current Wellbutrin tablets after my. July RnY surgery??

My psychologist specifically said NOT to stop taking any of my meds. With the risk of depression before/after surgery being so great, it was especially important

I also take meds and had to stop taking my meds because I had surgery on June 11th I take Prozac 30mg pills so I have to wait 3 more weeks and then I can start taking them again. So far I’ve been feeling ok, I’m trying to keep myself busy for now.

@Sanchez40 I agree. with @ NYJenn, I don't think we should be. made to suffer separation from something that so obviously has helped us in the past.?

@Frustr8 I do too, I just have to keep myself busy for now, my post op appt is in two days let’s see what the surgeon says.

@Hannah83 were you ever able to have your surgery?

I’ve been having a hard time adjusting to my medications lately had to have them changed still not 100% hoping to feel better soon. My surgery was last November and it hit me all of sudden lately. I’m having a really hard time dealing with negative people including family it’s been rough.

That is crazy that they told you not to take them!! I had my surgery and the next day the hospital made sure I could take my mental health meds. I think you should reconsider staying on them!

I am 3 weeks post op and now taking capsules again. I am
Shocked that they told you to go without lithium! That’s absurd especially since I imagine Lithium
Comes in a billion forms. You need to get back
On the meds any way you can. Please call the office. They can call in a script for you. I had tablets of one med and I cut them
In tic tac sized pieces with a pull cutter from CVS 3 times a day when I first got home.