{"id":499452,"date":"2026-02-23T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499452\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:52:08","slug":"1000-lb-sisters-tammy-slaton-learns-her-manic-depression-was-caused-by-improper-dose-of-medications-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499452\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c1000-Lb. Sisters\u201d\u2019 Tammy Slaton Learns Her \u2018Manic Depression\u2019 Was Caused by Improper Dose of Medications (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tammy Slaton revealed she saw a doctor and started therapy after mood swings and &#8220;manic depression&#8221; strained her relationship<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She discovered her mental health struggles were caused by the high dosage of the medication she was taking before her dramatic weight loss<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new episode of 1000-Lb. Sisters airs Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 9PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/1000-lb-sisters-tammy-slaton-achieves-goal-weight-required-for-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tammy Slaton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tammy Slaton<\/a> is finally getting to the root of her recent mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In PEOPLE\u2019s exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/1000-lb-sisters-tammy-slaton-shares-new-selfie-video-jeans-8363656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:1000-Lb. Sisters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">1000-Lb. Sisters<\/a>, the 39-year-old meets up with her siblings Chris and Misty after they returned from the family trip to New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tammy skipped the vacation due to the ongoing tension with her sister Amy, admitting that being around her family lately has made her anxiety worse. However, she didn\u2019t give her family a reason why.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the clip, Chris questions why Tammy didn\u2019t want to join the rest of her siblings and why she\u2019s uninterested in hearing about how their trip went.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don&#8217;t understand that because not two or three years ago, that was where you wanted to go,\u201d he tells her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTammy&#8217;s acting like she don&#8217;t want to hear nothing about the vacation,\u201d Chris adds in a confessional. \u201cAt any other time, she&#8217;d have been the first one in the car ready to go. So for her not wanting to take off and go on a trip, that right there tells you something ain&#8217;t right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tammy Slaton TLC\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e5640465f648c04040f707e8f07769c3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chris and Misty decide to turn around the conversation by asking Tammy about what she did while they were gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI&#8217;m going to the therapist,\u201d she reveals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tammy has been experiencing mood swings lately. She decided to seek professional help after then-girlfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-is-andrea-dalton-tammy-slaton-11751748\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrea Dalton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Andrea Dalton<\/a> threatened to end their relationship over the outbursts and added stress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSince I talked to Andrea, I&#8217;ve had a couple appointments for therapy,\u201d Tammy shared in a confessional. \u201cAlso, I went to the doctors. They did a bunch of blood work and my medication, it was such a high dose for my bigger body and now that I&#8217;m not so big, it was too high for my body size.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt just kind of put me in, I guess, a manic depression state and it was making me have a mental breakdown,\u201d she continues. \u201c\u200b\u200bSo they took me off five prescriptions that I didn&#8217;t need anymore, and then they lowered the rest of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new episode of 1000-Lb. 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