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mle-sober · 06-13-2008, 03:23 PM

Hi all,

I'm Bipolar I and am on a cocktail of drugs that are very effective for me. I've been pretty stable now for a little over 4 months (since I quit drinking!). I take Lithium, Seroquel and Depokote. Also Ativan as needed.

I am scheduled to have a umbilical hernia repaired in a couple of weeks. They are NOT going to do a general anesthia and it's just an outpatient procedure. It should be no big deal.

I was just wondering, however, if anyone has had surgery while on psych meds and if there was any destablization or anything like that? All my docs tell me it should be fine and the psych meds won't effect the surgery or vice versa. But it's more that I'm a little anxious that the whole balance might be affected and I might experience symptoms from my Bipolar which has been well controlled.

Any relevant experiences? Thanks so much,

MLE

06-13-2008, 03:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
mle-sober mle-sober Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Golden, CO Posts: 1,243	Having surgery - anything I need to know? Hi all, I'm Bipolar I and am on a cocktail of drugs that are very effective for me. I've been pretty stable now for a little over 4 months (since I quit drinking!). I take Lithium, Seroquel and Depokote. Also Ativan as needed. I am scheduled to have a umbilical hernia repaired in a couple of weeks. They are NOT going to do a general anesthia and it's just an outpatient procedure. It should be no big deal. I was just wondering, however, if anyone has had surgery while on psych meds and if there was any destablization or anything like that? All my docs tell me it should be fine and the psych meds won't effect the surgery or vice versa. But it's more that I'm a little anxious that the whole balance might be affected and I might experience symptoms from my Bipolar which has been well controlled. Any relevant experiences? Thanks so much, MLE