Hello, I'm new to this site and i have been living with an ileostomy since 1978 due to severe ulcerative colitis.The question i have is after your (ileostomy only) surgery did your start to develop periodic bouts with depression and or anxiety panic episodes? Did your bouts require medication and for how long? You see after surgery i started experiencing anxiety and panic episodes on and off throughout the years and they continue today. After researching a little about serotonin the feel good chemical ( which 85%-90% is produced in the intestinal tract) and now living without a large intestinal tract and wondering if there is a connection here. After researching i cannot find any information on this relationship. So does anyone know of any information on this? Thank you for reading, Geo

oh you poor thing.. i am about to have a permanent illeostomy on thursday i knew months ago i was depressed and my dr put me on cymbalta has helped and i can even take it on my day of surgery try it just might help i live alone so that is also part of the depression