depression

sasha · 05-27-2007, 02:48 AM

hi all! long time no see.
i know this may be a silly question, but i was wondering in answering that your obesity causes you depression would help your case for surgery or worsen or delay it.

thanks in advanced.

.........SASHA

GayleTX · 05-27-2007, 01:40 PM

Are you asking would depression be considered one of the co-morbidities that would give you a better chance of being approved by insurance? If so, I think that depends on your insurance company and how your policy is written.

PaulaD · 05-27-2007, 08:46 PM

Sasha, I suffer from depression and when I had my psycological for the surgery it was with the Dr. I see normally! We had a good talk about this very subject and the Dr. can write it up that the patient would benefit from this surgery to gain self esteem and feeling better about ones self can open tons of doors. I do believe that depression was used as a co-morbidity but ranked low in my case.
Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

sasha · 05-27-2007, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GayleTX

Are you asking would depression be considered one of the co-morbidities that would give you a better chance of being approved by insurance? If so, I think that depends on your insurance company and how your policy is written.

yes, dat's what i'm asking.

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Originally Posted by PaulaD

Sasha, I suffer from depression and when I had my psycological for the surgery it was with the Dr. I see normally! We had a good talk about this very subject and the Dr. can write it up that the patient would benefit from this surgery to gain self esteem and feeling better about ones self can open tons of doors. I do believe that depression was used as a co-morbidity but ranked low in my case.
Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

thank you too for the reply. i don't have depression like i would need medication for or like they describe on t.v. I think everyone has a little depression once in a while but doesn't require treatment. like i get sad and feel "depressed" for a little bit (not weeks or months) when i think about my weight. so i was wondering, if i answered "yes" to that on a questionnaire, would it help my case or be seen as a psychological disorder?

PaulaD · 05-28-2007, 10:01 AM

Personally, I would answer "no" on the depression question. Yes, everybody feels sad at times but that is different than depression. Good luck!

Lynette617 · 05-28-2007, 05:19 PM

I don't think it would delay anything, but I was told I will have to stay on my Zoloft after surgery for a year or two, because some people get depressed after surgery (mourning the food) but I was still approved.
I'm self pay, so I don't have to wait on insurance.

Lynette

peaches9 · 07-04-2007, 08:57 PM

Lynette, you take ZOLOFT for depression... what form is it in???

Liquid or do you just open the capsule and sprinkle on food???

"Little yellows" or bigger ORANGE guy???

mistyone · 07-04-2007, 09:18 PM

Gosh! I think a lot of us suffer from depression at one time or another. It seems to me is should be a co-morbidity. I also felt a little depressed after surgery like I also was mourning the loss of food!