Guest guest Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 He everyone! I just wanted to make my first post. I had Lap RNY 7/2/02 with Dr. Ferrari in Houston, Texas and have lost 132lbs. (still have 58 more lbs. to go to goal and not sure if I will get there). I have been lurking for about a month and am appreciating all of the advice and recipes (caramel popcorn?!?! YUM!). I have not seen a post on this and wanted to know your opinion. I have been reading lately about Serotonin and its affect regarding eating disorders. I am positive I have an eating disorder (binge eating-emotional eating) and I have depression which I am taking Celexa for (but not consistently). I am also a carb addict. I was reading that there are receptors in the brain that pick up Serotonin and when they don't, your body triggers you to eat carbs. Apparently, the breakdown of carbs causes insulin release which produces a substance that causes the creation of Serotonin. Anyway, once the Serotonin is released and caugt by the receptors, it makes you feel good (they called it self-medicating). I really believe I have this problem. I do feel better after I binge on carbs. Of course, I emotionally feel awful after that because I know I just ate a ton of calories. And, I believe it is sabotaging my weight loss. Has anyone else read anything about all of this? Thanks for your help. Danna B.:-) Lap RNY 7/2/02 Dr. Ferrari Houston, Texas 320/188/130 5' 3 " -132lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 In a message dated 7/7/2003 8:10:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, tuesdynite@... writes: > Sometimes the drug makes u feel good enuf > that u don't bother watching what you eat. Be careful. > The you need to change drugs. Depression is an incomprehensible evil, that must be dealt with. Fay Bayuk **300/168 10/23/01 Dr. Open RNY 150 cm Click for My Profile <A HREF= " http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=Bayuk951061008 " >http:\ //obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=Bayuk951061008</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 <<The you need to change drugs. Depression is an incomprehensible evil, that must be dealt with. Fay Bayuk>> I have to echo this. And, I have to tell you what my very wise old psychiatrist told me when he first started me on meds many years ago. Anti-depressants should not make you feel elated. They should not make you tired or sleepy. They should not do ANYTHING but take away the depression and that feeling of impending doom, and make you fully functional as a human being, with all your talents and flaws intact. Other than that, you should not even feel like you are on any medication. You should feel normal emotions. Happy when something warrants your happiness, sad when there is something that should make you sad, anxious when there is a real reason to be anxious. There should be no unseen monsters under the bed, in the closet, or around the next corner. Not every anti-depressant or dosage will do that for every person. WE have to work together to find out which one, and how much, works best for YOU. I took 6 or 7 different ones, at different dosages, before we found what helped me. When I DON'T take them, when I think everything is okay, that I can handle things, and I don't need them anymore, disaster strikes. I do stupid things that are self-destructive. Once I wound up in a psych ward for attempting suicide, and once in jail for DUI. ly, at the time, I didn't care about either, because I didn't care about myself, and I didn't believe that it mattered to anyone else either. And, BTW, just a gentle reminder...alcohol is a severe depressant, and if you have any form of depression, it can be deadly, and often is. Jac Life is not a spectator sport Picture It Digital Designs <http://www.pictureitdigitaldesigns.com> XXX Farm Paint Horses <http://members.cox.net/xxxfarmpaints> Mail to: jholdaway@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 I would have to agree with Jacque on this issue. I have been on various anti-depressants. When I am on the right meds in the right doses I just feel " normal " . Normal for me is not having highs or lows. I have often described it as this. Depression is a stove with four pots boiling over the top and I can't handle them. With the proper medication, my problems don't go away. But I am able to simmer them on the back burner and use the front burners at the same time. I don't know if this analogy makes any sense. Several times I have thought that I really didn't need the anti-depressants and took myself off of them because I felt okay. I talked myself into believing that my depression was all a matter of will power. And for the first few weeks I was fine, and then in about 2 or 3 weeks it hit me. I think of my depression as similar to diabetes. There are things I can do to help myself without medication but I am no longer ashamed of needing medication to control it. (thanks to WLS however, I no longer need meds for the diabetes but that's another story) My doctor switched me from Celexa to Lexapro and told me that Lexapro is associated with less incidence of weight gain as well. He also said that the studies where these meds ARE associated with weight gain are usually referring to people who were not eating because of the their depression. B from NJ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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