Gall Bladder Removal DEPRESSION?

Hello _ HELLO! I come hear today - now with streaming tears....absolutely in the same boat and You - Young Man Mr. 35 and so many others that have posted here on being depressed, lack of focus and motivation. I am 48 - - - had my gallbladder removed in an ER surgery just about a month ago and still - crazy digestive things - including my pancreas being out of sync. I too, cry at the drop of a hat. I feel lost - - cannot concentrate, ebb and flow through the days. What in the world. I so do not miss the pain that I had with this ...it started last fall - nothing was showing up - even had one doc pretty tell me it was in my head. OH GOOD GRIEF - it is not like most of us get up in the morning and say, Hey, I think I was just be in the worst pain ever today and not function at all. This is so baffling to me as I know it is to each of you. HERE FOR YOU- thanks for being here for me. Oh by the way, my doc says ,just keep on keeping on. Easy for him to say - he is not 'treading water' on keeping up.

hi there, im a 55 year old women i had my gb out 25 yrs ago and iv been suffering from depression for 25 yrs so u all have my sympathy, iv been discribed so many antideppresents and not getting any better as im trying to deal with the menopose aswell ,iv had 6 different Gps in 25 yrs and they have all given me different tabs iv lost count how many iv had i now have to try another tablet which iv been on for 6 weeks.

I have tryed to come off them many times but it does'nt work then when i came off them i could'nt stop crying and vominting and i did'nt want to live it affeced my nerve's so bad the reson my GP put me on them was that i had servre headaches and anxiety attacks but im going to try again to come off them which i see my GP in 2 weeks time,so who ever reads this best of luck to u all, as i dont think any GP know the answear they just write a perscription and send you on your way.

I've been feeling depressed as well after my surgery and I am only 23. I used to go mountain biking everyday and running before my surgery. Now it's depressing for me, I feel it has to do with trauma due to the surgery it might be some kind of psychological problem we haven't got over that fact that they removed a part of our body. I thought I was the only one. My surgery was months ago and I don't feel the same anymore.

I have had major depression since I had my gall bladder removed. I've taken anti-depressants for years, but have never felt this kind of depression. I'm not myself and I hate this feeling. Going to see my G.P. in a few days to see what he has to say about it.

Hi. Really sorry to hear what you are going through. My readings have led me to believe that the bile builds up in the liver and gives you "Black Liver," aka "melancholia." I am going to get acupuncture. Drink lots of water and try and minimize caffine as much as possible.

I am 54 yrs old. I had my gallbladder removed 4 years ago, after trying unsuccessfully through holistic approaches to avoid the procedure. Gallbladder attacks are very very painful. I have been struggling with mental confusion, crying jags, brain fog, anger,and insomnia ever since. I had to give up my career as a labor and delivery Nurse.
I'm still feeling so lost.

I wish I had know about the depression issue too. However, I have seen others who had their gallbladder removed and are normal as usual.

Please see your doctors. My name is Curtis, my wife had her gallbladder removed in April. Two weeks after it's removal she developed the same symptoms that all of you are describing. Especially the forgetfulness, and the confusion in the am, and short term memory. She explained that the symptoms were getting worse by the day. To the point she had to take leave from her job as an RN. After many "specialists" and many medicines she got depressed that no one could diagnose the problem and she committed suicide less than a year later. Please take this very serious I'm now a single father raising a small child.

i had my gallbladder removed about a week and a half ago (august 6th). since this past Saturday, I feel like I've fallen into a depression. I cry and get emotional for NO reason whatsoever, I don't feel like eating, I also have zero interest in getting out of bed. I want to be alone all the time.  I am usually a very happy person, I really hate feeling this way. Im hoping it passes soon.

It is depression due to removal of gallbladder. Those who have sections of intestines removed to lose weight also suffer from depression. Doctors do not forewarn people about depression for the rest of their lives. Sorry you are going through this experience.

I had my Gallbladder removed a week ago and without warning I just start crying with a lot of sadness and can not tell you why I feel this way. I took the pain killers for four days and have been off of them for three days now. I do not think it has anything to do with the narcotics. I really don't know why I feel sad or why I am crying.

About 5 years ago after having my gall bladder removed,I started to suffer from anxiety attacks, I did not make the connection with the gall bladder operation, in fact I thought I was on the verge of some thing like Alzheimer,(being aged 68 ) i continued with the attacks for about a year during which I had good days and some really bad ones, plus lots of visits to my doctor who offered me anti depression treatments which made me feel terrible,so Googled to see if there was any information,lo and behold I found out that it is quite common to have these feelings of anxiety after having the gall bladder removed, so I went back to my GP and asked him if there could be a connection between
my anxiety attacks and the removal of the gall bladder,

His reply and I quote was "Absolutely" some what shocked by this, I then asked him why I was not
informed about the this after I had my operation he replied " I thought you knew"
I then explained to him that I had been visiting him on numerous occasions and and he had never made the connection, I had a bit of an irate altercation with him , Explaining that not knowing what was happening mentally to me had put me under a lot of stress, I told him that once I knew about the link between gall bladder removal and my mental problems then the stress disappeared and I started to feel much better, So, Because neither the consultant at the hospital or my GP bothered to inform me about the above I went through a very bad year, ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS TELL ME. I still have the odd low periods but these are very few and far between,

I had my gallbladder removed a year and one month ago. I was so focused with ambition about life and everything. I have always had anxiety problems but they were under control. One day after my gallbladder surgery, I started experiencing panic attacks, depression and I lost motivation. Things got so much worse with my health, I had digestive issues and couldn't leave home. I also experienced at least 3 nervous breakdowns since then. I am very weepy and way more sensitive than before. I went to an integrative doctor After my first nervous breakdown and after I did many tests, it turned out that I had bacteria in my intestines which caused my digestive issues. I was also anemic and my body doesn't t absorb vitamin B properly. I was put on a treatment and My digestive issues are gone. But my depression and anxiety is still repetitive and I need to force myself to live almost. I go through phases when I am completely feeling great but the emotional problem seems to come back. I am working with many coaches and everyone around me is supportive. I am back to my spiritual practice and all of the above help sometimes But it sux to have your life turn up side down and go through another nervous breakdown again. See an integrative doctor for your digestive issues and get tested for your vitamin B intake. Hope this helps!

I know a lot of these posts are older, and I didn't read them all, so someone may have already suggested this. But have any of you had your Vitamin D levels checked? The gall bladder helps you process fat, so when you remove it, you don't process fat as well. Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin. So without your gall bladder, you can't uptake Vitamin D effectively. Vitamin D is a precursor to serotonin, the "happy" chemical in your brain. You might try getting that checked.

Hi all

I'm a 35 year old male I had my GB removed October 2013 since then I've been really depressed to the point of feeling like killing myself. Before the operation I was a funny happy bloke. My now wife says I'm a different person. I have no motivation I can't sleep I cry at everything. My life is a mess. I'm going to see my doc this week. Has anyone else had help with this sort of post op condition?