Anewman

Dear Sissy, You are very kind to share your personal experience with me. It is of some comfort to know I am not alone with this debilitating illness. I've struggled with anxiety for years and years and the depression was very mild in the past and then after surgery; I just completely fell into a deep depression. I take Zoloft and neurontin and I believe the meds have done all they can do for me physically and chemically. I know the rest of the work must come from within me. Exercise, better habits of mind and body and real mental health work are what I must do but I am so tired that it has become much harder to do the real work. The thanksgiving holiday was especially difficult...I have come to dread the holidays but do all I can to give my family the best I can so that keeps me going.

I had my surgery in March of 2011 and I was over 390 pounds. I'm now holding pretty steady at 225 pounds but went through a major depressive episode a year ago, was actually hospitalized for a Rx drug overdose. I couldn't believe this happened to me...I actually tried to commit suicide and was unconscious on my bathroom floor for nearly ten hours. The docs couldn't believe I survived and said I must have had an angel with me. My wife and daughter found me and my son has been so confused by what happened. They thinking had a brain aneurysm not a psychiatric episode. The depression has remained. I'm on meds and go to counseling but I struggle every day. I have stopped exercising, am smoking again, and throw up nearly every day. I am hiding how poorly I'm doing from the world because I still get positive accolades for my weight loss. Can anyone relate?

I am 6' 1" and I'm 48...how about you and how r u doing?

Hi momscholar, Good luck to you....it will be a tough journey, but you will get through it and you will be a whole, new person!

Hey everyone, I'm new here and have been enjoying reading your posts. I had my surgery on March 1 2011 which puts me in the just over a year category. I was 390 pounds at my heaviest just prior to surgery and I am now 225 pounds! I have slowed way down on dropping the pounds and hope to lose another 25 to 45 more pounds. I had many post-op problems...dehydration, acid reflux, vomiting and am just starting to feel a new "normal" after so long. I hope to connect with others to share the emotional and physical challenges and changes that have come with this process.