Hormone Imbalance-all related?

[colasd]

  Hi,
I am a 29yo female and for the past 2 years of I have had neurological problems (e.g. migraines, vertigo, cognitive fuzziness) associated with the time from ovulation just through my menstrual cycle.  I have had bipolar disorder for 8 years.  The neurological problems were diagnosed as partial complex seizures although an EEG was inconclusive.  I currently take a low dose of depakote which provides some symptom relief.  Over this time, my period has gotten shorter in length (2-3 days) and is accompanied by night sweats.  All hormone tests (LH/FSH,estradiol and prolactin) were normal and I was put on a soy milk regimen to control the symptoms which was helpful at first but is not as effective now.  I was also diagnosed with osteopenia.
    In the past month, I was diagnosed with an adrenal incidentaloma and additional blood tests were ordered.  The doctor said that I have abnormally high aldosterone and renin but since my sodium and potassium were normal it was probably just stress (although no increase in cortisol was seen).  I also had abnormally low DHEA.  
     I feel fatigued and crummy most of the time.  So, I am wondering, could this all be related? If so, what do you advise? I am going to seek another medical opinion but I wanted to get some feedback here as well.  Thanks in advance -dc

[honey1982]

DID THE DOCTOR CHECK YOUR THYROID. ALL OF THOSE SX ARE SX OF THYROID AND A BLOOD TEST CAN DETERMIN IF YOU HAVE THYROID PROBLEM BUT IT MIGHT TAKE A LONG TIME TO DX. BUT I WAS LOSING WEIGHT RAPIDLY THEY THOUGH I WAS PREGNANT, I HAD ALL TYPES OF TEST OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I JUST HAVE HYPERTYHROIDISM. I AM A CERTIFED MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND I WAS MISDIAGNOSED A COUPLE OF TIME. THE DOC SAID I HAD ULCERS, GASTR. INTESTTINITIS, THERE NOTHING WRONG EITH ME, AND THEN WHENI ALMOST DIED THATS WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS HYPERTHYROIDISM. AND I ALSO HAVE CHF(CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE)  BECAUSE MY HEART BEATS TO FAST. WHEN IM NOT ON MY THYROID MED. I FEEL COGINITIVE SLOWNESS, HOT FLASHES, DIZZINESS, HEADACHES, AND FEEL FUNNY BECAUSE MY GHORMONES AND MY BODY IS WORKING OVERTIME TO HELP. I CAN NEVER STOP TAKING THIS MEDICASTION OR I COULD DIE. WELL GOODLUCK HOPE ALL IS WELL AND YOU FEEL BETTER.

[laura1977]

You know I use to be on depakote due to a seizure I had 11 years ago.  Depakote has many side effects and one major one is fatigue.  I actually put on 20 pounds when I was on that med.  When I got off of it I lost the weight within weeks.  It also made it hard for me to concentrate too.  Another issue I had was it made me mean.  I ended up getting off it because I wasn't having any issues with seizures, and it turned out I just had that one.  Which that one seizure happened when I was driving and it caused me to have a wreck.  That was 11 years ago, and I haven't had one sense.