Pituitary glad disorder

[StarsInUrEye]

The past few months I've felt like crap. Really weak, randomly falling asleep, and I've gained 30 pounds in 5 months. My family were telling me I was just depressed. Well yeah. Gaining 30 pounds is depressing. Anyways, I'm sure part of the problem was my on going depression but my blood work came back that I have pituitary problems. My dr. refered me to a specialist. My first apt. with him is aug. 4. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. What happened to fix it. And mostly was weight ever lost. Thats the part thats bugging me the most. I joined a gym and signed up for the total vibration machines 3 months ago and still continued to gain weight

[Nachos]

I have an underactive thyroid that I am in treatment for. Mind you, the problem was only found when I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. I still have those other things, but my thyroid is being treated alright now due to 50 micrograms of l-thyroxin a day.

[StarsInUrEye]

Is your thyroid problems the cause for your anxiety and depression? Has it mellowed out since your treatments?

[Sonic#]

A similar thing happened to someone close. It was a thyroid problem; she'd been gaining weight for a couple of years. When they found it out and she got treatment, that combined with working on her feet helped her out. Now, she's back to a weight that she's happy with.

She may have also had depression, but I cannot confirm that, and I don't know whether one followed the other or not.

[Aum]

Pituitary = endocrine. If that's the case then I would research and take adrenal adaptogens. Just because the symptoms are exhibited from your pituitary or thyroid does not mean that's the origin of the problem. Most hormone systems in the body use a function called "negative feedback" to control hormone output. If that feedback system is off at all, then different glands do not release their hormones; but this does not necessarily mean that those particular glands are deficient or under-active. A good example of this is the adrenal/pituitary feedback mechanism for ACTH, which is involved in many metabolic processes, including the way the liver processes lipids (fat). If ACTH output is low, then thyroid function may decline by proxy. Low ACTH output is associated with stressed out adrenals. If the adrenals are deficient at all, then this feedback loop will be incomplete or deficient.

You can read about negative feedback with plenty of examples here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_feedback

I'm just saying all this to help you with your own investigations, if you want to do any. If you accept the pituitary diagnosis then you have my full support in whatever treatment you decide to do.

[Nachos]

Unfortunately my thyroid was not the cause fore the anxiety and depression. Still battling those on my own, but my body is healthier. Got my hormones checked out too and they're all good