Hi all,
I am currently waiting to see my GP next week about some headaches and a slew of other symptoms that have come up over the last year. I'm hoping you wouldn't mind looking at my symptoms and telling me if any are similar to your experience with pituitary tumors.
To start off, I'm 25 and in relatively good health. I take synthroid hormone for hypothyroidism. Almost 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with Graves' disease and chose the radioactive iodine treatment which explains why I'm now hypo.
In Nov 2014, I had a routine appt with my endo and we discovered that my TSH had risen to an all time high of 17! I've never been that hypo and it baffled my doctor. He kept having to increase my dosage and even stated I was taking a larger dose than most people my size, but he never researched why my tsh was so high. A few months after that, in January 2014, I started getting this particular type of headache that would come and go for a few days at a time. It is occurring daily now, and is more painful as of recent. It's pain that starts on the top, near the back of my head that quickly moves into my forehead and behind my eyes. I have a lot of pressure/pain/fullness in my head and eye area. I've had episodes of dizziness and nausea (with and without headaches) and intermittent vision changes (black spots, slight blurring, sometimes double). My eyes have become increasingly sensitive to light. Last spring I developed an insatiable appetite that will not go away. As a result, I've gained about 50 pounds in roughly a year, but it felt like it came on quickly. Most of the weight gained took to my midsection and breasts. My breasts feel much fuller than ever before and are sometimes tender in the upper part of the breast where they meet the chest wall. Over the summer, I became very moody, anxious and just felt on edge all the time. It reminded me of my days being hyperthyroid. My T4 levels were slightly elevated, and we drew back my synthroid some and my levels were fine as of Oct 2014. As of the last few months, my headaches have worsened, I have sore muscles and joints, I'm incredibly tired, unmotivated, VERY emotional, moody, apathetic, forgetful, having trouble concentrating and just feel like there's a wall in my forehead that nothing can get past. I'm having trouble processing thoughts, it's effecting my schooling. I'm a college student and have always had a sharp mind and very good memory and the changes I've noticed over the last 2-3 months have me pretty concerned, but also make me feel like I'm going crazy. I know something is not right and I am looking for any guidance. My biggest fear is not getting any answers when I do get to the doctor next week. I am hoping for an MRI to be ordered to make sure there is nothing in my head/brain, but from what I've read, I'm becoming more suspicious that it could be a pituitary tumor. Any thoughts?