Paquetten

I am so disappointed. I just got a call from the social worker at the hospital. The one who did the screening for the surgery abd she said that before I can start the process I need to have 12 visits with a therapist aside from my psychiatrist because I had a hospitalization 5 years ago and because of the medications I take and my eating patterns. I honestly feel as if they are saying"we are not denying you treatment but we are going to make it difficult enough that you quit". Most of overweight people suffer from some kind of depression (based on statistics). And who doesn't over eat when they are over weight. I am wondering if I can go to a different hospital.

I am willing to change medications. I told the doctor that my psychistrist wanted to switch me to Abilify but he said that one is as bad as seroquel. I have tried so many medications to help me sleep and Seroquel is the only one that has worked.

Thanks so much for your support. The doctor and psychologist are not concerned about being bipolar. Their concern is the fact that medications for bipolar and depression tend to increase your appetite and lower your metabolism. Mostly Seroquel. I only take 50 mg at night to help me sleep. This is a very small dose. I know people who take from 200 to 800 mg. Let's see what they say when they return my call. I am just so frustrated :-(.

Hi, I am new to this board and have started the process for the gastric sleeve surgery. I came across your post and since I am bipolar 1 . I thought your experience in the process might help me. I went to an information session 2 weeks ago and 2 days ago I had an appointment with the doctor who is the director of the program. Everthing went well but he has a concern about how medications for depression and bipolar will make it difficult for me to reach my goal after surgery. At the end of the visit he took me to his secretary to make the next appointmetns but she asked me to see the social worker before making appointments. I then had my appointment with the soial worker and when the visit concluded she advised me to call her today as the team needed to review my case to see what comes next (don't understand why the dr was ready to give appointments and she kind of put that on hold). I called her today but left a message in her voice mail. She seemed concerned about the medications I take. Did you have any problems with your diagnosis or medications.