new symptoms for non-functioning pit tumor

[North48]

Hi everyone,

New symptoms and I'm wondering if this is related to my non-functioning micro pit tumor.  My appeitite has increased but I think its from feeling like I have morning sickness - nausea.  I'm not pregnant but it reminds me of when I was always wanting something in my mouth because its like I have extra saliva.  I do crave salty things. I hate going to the drs because they already think i'm a hypocon (sp) and all my test come back as "normal".  My tsh was slightly elevated 3.1 with the range of .5-5.5.  Could this have anything to do with the thyroid?

[rumpled]

The nausea and salt cravings. Those are signs of low cortisol. I live with those now.  I have met in many people who cycle in cortisol so radically that they go from very high to very low. Too high to too low. When your pit does not work, it may put out the ACTH at times when it is inappropriate, as well, it may put things out too high and too low.

There are studies out there is pubmed but cortisol suppresses TSH. I guess it really should be lower technically, but I guess I was thinking of my own experience as mine was literally all over the place - high, low and normal - it was, awful. I was a person that cycled in cortisol.

I found this:
"Both exogenous and endogenous hypercortisolism result in reduced TSH secretion and mild hypothyroidism. However, little is known about the relation between endogenous TSH and cortisol secretion under physiological or slightly disturbed conditions."

[North48]

I'm confused are you thinking my cortisol could be low?  It almost sounds like both low because I want salt but high because I want to eat?  Please explain and how does cortisol impact the TSH?  Sorry for so many questions -

[rumpled]

I would think immediately of cortisol - as cortisol impacts the TSH, the adrenals get wonky and one wants salt, when you get low you get nauseous, and you want food when it is high.

That makes me think of the ACTH-cortisol loop.