so im 18 and ive been taking antidepressants for about 5 years now. these antidepressants made me gain a lot of weight and i cant stop them so i deicided to go through with the surgery especially after i developed an eating disorder . but now im post op and i have to take Xanax for my depression but its suddenly making me hungry and im still in the liquid stage. it also annoys me to see my family gathered around eating and having funn and i actually feel hunger.

11 minutes ago, amira fakih said:

so im 18 and ive been taking antidepressants for about 5 years now. these antidepressants made me gain a lot of weight and i cant stop them so i deicided to go through with the surgery especially after i developed an eating disorder . but now im post op and i have to take Xanax for my depression but its suddenly making me hungry and im still in the liquid stage. it also annoys me to see my family gathered around eating and having funn and i actually feel hunger.

I take an anti anxiety pill nd it too will add some weight to ya. You may experience some hunger for a few days but it should pass as the portion of your stomach that was removed had the hunger hormone creates hunger. I am 7 weeks post op and still have no hunger. I eat nd find myself looking in the fridge when not even truly hunger. Just an old habit. Get some SF popsicles. At 15 cals each you can eat 2, 3 4 and not fill guilty. It does not bother me with people eating around me. Once you get to the soft/ semi reg diet it gets better. You have got this...hang in there.

Do you have a therapist that specializes in eating disorders. A lot of people on here with eating disorders do and they seem to help

them a great deal. You really shouldn’t be experiencing actual hunger since the hunger hormones are gone but there are lots of other ways you may feel hungry that a therapist could address with you and help you learn to deal with those feelings. I know that I feel the need to eat when I am board. I have to think how long since I’ve ate and there is no way I am actually hungry so I distract myself with something else but it’s more complex for some people. Hang in there. It gets easier.