Medication?

[aba9903 35]

How much meds did your docs let you stay on post surgery? I take 3 different meds for depression/ anxiety and I am worried about being able to continue them. I really want to avoid the post-op depression bit if at all possible....or at least reduce the severity!

[cyndi 11]

Im on 4 different depression/anxiety meds and my dr said that as long as they arent extended release than i should be fine. My surgery is june 6.

[aba9903 35]

Thanks for your reply cyndi! Congrats, you're the day after me!

[cyndi 11]

No problem. Soon we will both be on the losers bench!!

[My4Boys 34]

_{I had my RNY 12/13/12 and was on 4 depression/anxiety meds beforehand. There was no problem staying on them post-op...except that I started feeling so good, losing the weight and so happy, that I decided I didn't need the meds or the doc anymore...BIG mistake!! Everything crashed down around me, I ended up in a deep depression and with terrible anxiety. Luckily my primary doc put me back on two meds to get me through until I could get in with a new psych doc. It was a blessing in disguise, because it turns out she has a lot more experience with WLS patients than the one I was seeing before. The first time I saw her, she changed some meds around, and started me on one I have never been on before, but explained that it would help me more because of the way it is absorbed. She was right, I am back on track and have had no issues being on the meds after surgery.}

[aba9903 35]

_{I had my RNY 12/13/12 and was on 4 depression/anxiety meds beforehand. There was no problem staying on them post-op...except that I started feeling so good' date=' losing the weight and so happy, that I decided I didn't need the meds or the doc anymore...BIG mistake!! Everything crashed down around me, I ended up in a deep depression and with terrible anxiety. Luckily my primary doc put me back on two meds to get me through until I could get in with a new psych doc. It was a blessing in disguise, because it turns out she has a lot more experience with WLS patients than the one I was seeing before. The first time I saw her, she changed some meds around, and started me on one I have never been on before, but explained that it would help me more because of the way it is absorbed. She was right, I am back on track and have had no issues being on the meds after surgery.[/sub']}

_{Good to know!}