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Not sure if it's just me or what? I am fine one second and then want to break things the next. Am I alone on these mood swings?

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There are tons of threads about this...

Fat stores hormones. As you lose weight, all those hormones are flushed back into your system. SO you will feel crazy, weepy, angry, happy - sometimes in rapid progression - for months after surgery.

Just remind yourself that it likely is hormones if you are feeling super down or angry and take some time/step back before doing anything crazy. And warn close family members that you might be like this for a while. ;)

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Not sure if it's just me or what? I am fine one second and then want to break things the next. Am I alone on these mood swings?

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Week 3 I was just angry for no reason. Weeks 4-8 I had depression- mild- but I am not usually sad. Since then I have been far more subdued than normal. It is the hormones stored in the fat.

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Whew...I thought they might have sewed me back together crooked

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lol no you are not I be giving it to my husband some times and the poor thing just looks at me like I'm a crazy woman I've been told that our hormones get a little jacked up after surgery I'm about 5 months out and things seem to be calming down a bit just a bit :-)

Not sure if it's just me or what? I am fine one second and then want to break things the next. Am I alone on these mood swings?


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For the record, it happens to the guys, too.

It's very likely worse for women who are pre-menopausal than those who are post-menopausal.

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