Stomach reduction surgeries are among the frequently used methods in the treatment of obesity. Experts state that psychiatric complications may occur after surgery and that some patients stop overeating after weight loss surgery; However, he stated that alcohol, substance or behavioral addiction may develop in these people.
Alcohol addiction is gradually increasing
After successful weight loss surgeries, clinicians believe that some patients It has been reported that people stop overeating and instead develop alcohol, substance or behavioral addiction. This has been called 'Phenomenon Dependency Transfer'. There are increasing number of case reports of alcohol use disorder after bariatric surgery in the literature. In these cases, it is thought that food addiction is transferred to another substance or behavior after the surgical operation.
Many types of addiction can be seen
Apart from alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, internet addiction. , cocaine and heroin marijuana addiction, hair-pulling addiction, kleptomania (stealing disease), and sex addiction have been reported.
Those who have a genetic predisposition for addiction may have underlying diseases such as mood disorders, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. It is also thought that these cases are actually food addicts and that the pathway of getting pleasure from food has developed an addiction network in the brain. Since this network in the brain is not treated after stomach surgery, it can be said that the brain continues to seek pleasure and usually escapes to pleasure in the easiest way. This is usually alcohol.
The risk of addiction needs to be determined before surgery
Before such surgeries, especially if there is a risk of addiction, it needs to be treated. This approach will prevent devastating consequences that may occur later.
Addictions that develop after stomach surgery can be treated. It is no different from other addiction treatments. It can be said that medication, magnetic stimulation treatments and psychotherapies are the treatment methods used.
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