Now, this is a rather old study. It was published in 2005. There’s a reason I haven’t written anything about it yet: it’s not very informative. Unfortunately, it gets misinterpreted a lot, so I feel it’s time to go through it and set the record straight.
Psych Meds - I've Got 'Em!
First off, this study has nothing to do with the absorption of psychiatric medications after gastric bypass. Let me repeat: the study authors did not examine absorption. At all. So, don’t get your hopes up like I did the first time I read it.
We’ll go through this step-by-step, and then I’ll give you my take on the study, and, believe me, I do have an opinion on this one!
Continue reading ‘Dissolution of Common Psychiatric Medications after RNY’
Bariatric surgery is often criticized as being “the easy way out.” Let me tell you first hand, there is no easy way out of morbid obesity. Sure, weight loss surgery helps you get the excess weight off faster and more successfully, but that doesn’t make it easy.
Welcome back to a new series at The Bypassed Life, “The Crazy in Us.” Today I’ll be speaking about mood disorders after bariatric surgery.
The limited research that has been done on psychological functioning after surgery suggests that while many individuals experience improvement in mood after bariatric surgery, the positive changes are not universal.
Welcome to a new series at The Bypassed Life: The Crazy in Us. Over the coming days and weeks, I’ll be taking a look at the psychiatric issues that affect weight loss patients, both before and after surgery. Make sure to check back in.
The first part of the series examines the presence of psychiatric issues in the morbidly obese and in candidates for bariatric surgery. The morbidly obese individuals have a higher incidence of mood disorders.
Continue reading ‘The Crazy in Us: Pre-Op Psychiatric Issues’
So, if you’ve spent any time on this website, you’ll know that I’m very outspoken on mental health issues following bariatric surgery. Here’s another example of why, from the Weighty Secrets page:
I can’t stop stuffing my face even after losing a couple hundred pounds. I’m regaining, and I have the fuck its. I’ve been very depressed since I lost the weight. I don’t know how to deal with the emotions beneath the overeating. Being a male makes it hard because we’re programmed to not show emotions.
Continue reading ‘Depression after Bariatric Surgery Shouldn’t Be a Secret’
Well, I’ve been on the liquid concentrate form of Zoloft for over a month now, and I figured it was time for an update.
