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Originally Posted by MobiusPsyche
It's because I want to lose weight and my GP recommended seeing if I could go off Abilify. I'm enrolling in a year- long program with my insurance company and at the end I might get bariatric surgery.
I'm very conflicted about bariatric surgery because I feel it's mutilation that we'll look back on with horror in 100 years, like women who used to have their lowest ribs removed so they could have a smaller waist. But I'm 120 lbs overweight and have been for 25 years. I've been able to get down to "only" 95 lbs overweight but I haven't been able to get below that. Anyway, I'm dieting now and getting results but I'm not that optimistic in the long term. And there aren't any other treatments that have a chance of working with such a large weight loss needed.
So I'm conflicted, but going ahead with it safe in the knowledge that I can decide not to go forward with the surgery 12 months from now.
Tl;dr: I could go back on the Abilify if the symptoms get too bad but my bariatric surgeon won't like it.
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My niece had bariátric surgery and has done beautifully. She lost like 150 pounds and 16 clothing sizes. It takes a complete lifestyle change. The process started like a year before the actual surgery with counseling, nutritional training with a complete change in how she ate, months of a liquid diet following the surgery. But she’s entirely pleased with how her health, activity level, have improved. It does take total commitment to drastic changes.