Question:
GOING CRAZY
I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME MAJOR MOOD SWINGS AND KINDA FLIPPING OUT LIKE CRYING FOR NO REASON ..... GETTING MAD OVER SILLY THINGS .....AFTER IT HAPPENS I FEEL SILLY THAT I FLIPPED OUT OVER NOTHING ..... I FELT LIKE I HAD MAYBE A PANIC ATTACK..... LASTED A FEW MIN THEN WENT AWAY....IT SCARES ME AND MY DOC CANT GET ME IN FOR A FEW DAYS.......HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE BEFORE AND IF SO WHATS WRONG WITH ME ARE MY LEVELS MAYBE TO LOW — MIKI4 (posted on February 24, 2006)
February 24, 2006
RELAX!!! AND TAKE DEEP BREATHES!!!
When I got your post it didnt have a link to your profile so I don't know
when you had your surgery. Let me preface with. I have not had surgery yet,
however I have been on this site for a while, and did alot of research. So
I know after surgery for alot of women their hormones can go wacky for a
while. This maybe and I stress the word may, all that is happening to you.
And I don't mean to make light of that. But its alot better than thinnking
your loosing your mind! I have bipolar disorder, and have had many a panic
attack, so I know how scared you must feel, and the very nature of my
disorder is mood swings. You definately need to see and speak with you
doctor, but until then..When you feel yourself getting anxious, MAKE
YOURSELF sit down, close your eyes, and consentrate on your breathing. it
really does work. You need to take steady deep breathes, till you feel you
can pass thru the attack. you I can help any you are welcome to email me or
IM me on AOL by maureenjax.
— rmc5605
February 24, 2006
Sounds exactly like what I went through 3 years ago. I had a major break
down, my husband made me go to the doctor and she put me on
anti-depressants after doing an eval. Worked miracles. Good luck!
— classite
February 24, 2006
I am post-op, surgery 02/06/06. I don't know where you are on the
journey...but...if you are a brand new post-op, this is completely normal.
While in the hospital and about the first week home, I had mood swings from
hell. Quite literally, I could go from loving everyone, to crying my eyes
to wanting to kill someone with this horrible feeling of rage and could go
through all of that in about 15 minutes. Then a started a MONSTER of a
period and well, that just added to the fun! For me, I had been taken off
my hormones one month prior to surgery and taken off my anti-depressant
about 2-3 days before surgery. Then, I had surgery and my insides were
re-routed...that pretty much screws up the hormones!! I just tried to stay
away from my family. It seems to have settled down right now. I hope that
helps a little :-)
Tammy
Oklahoma
— Thin2WinNOklahoma
February 24, 2006
If you get into your doctor, ask for Xanax. It's good stuff. It's an
anxiety medication.
— LaurieH
February 24, 2006
I am going to assume you are post-op because I have heard of this happening
to lots of people. Sometimes you're going to feel like food is your enemy
now because you can't do what you used to do which is soothe yourself with
food - either because you dump, or you can't eat as much or you can't eat
certain things at all without having to pop it back up. Food for a long
time was your coping mechanism and your drug of choice and when it is lost
to you in that way, you need something to replace it. I honestly think the
best thing anybody can do that has this surgery is get therapy to go along
with it - to help you identify why you ate addictively in the past, to
ensure you don't do it again (many post-ops at two years out will regain
lots of weight if they haven't mastered the change in lifestyle - I am one
of them!), and to develop different coping mechanisms. I wish you all the
best. And yes, perhaps an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety medication of
some kind might be of help. I went for something a bit milder than Xanax
as I heard it could become addictive as well... Since I was battling with
quitting smoking, I went on Wellbutrin (it is the exact same drug as Zyban
but my drug plan covered W and not Z). Good luck to you!
— j_coulter
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