Hi there!
Basically writing my story on here just for support.
I have suffered from major depression, no periods for two years, irregular hair growth, moon face, aches and pains especially lower back and also severe acne. My face is so swollen I no longer smile. I feel like I am losing my mind.
I recently had a late-night cortisol test and it came back double what it should be. My acth is very low but my cortisol is high. I suffer from aniexty and have recently started having aniexty attacks.
I feel like the doctors could care less and actually have one laugh at me. I used to be a happy 115lb 18 year old girl and have gained 25 pounds in less than a year although I have continued eating as healthy as I can even thought I am hungry all the time but I workout daily.
Any advice would be amazing. I don’t know what else to do.
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Jul 03, 2015 @ 14:52:12
Hi Leah, I also had high cortisol and low to normal levels of ACTH. Had pit surgery and then both adrenal glands out. Was found to have micronodular adrenal tumors. Spent most of my life testing. they took a chance on taking adrenals out because MRI’s didn’t even show tumors. Violet
Jul 18, 2015 @ 21:16:28
Violet… are you cured now?
Feb 04, 2018 @ 23:32:44
sometimes you can test your thyroid hormones and they can show different problems with the pituitary but tjis requires a very good specialist who cares
I suggest you might want to tey a rwmote second opinion from a pituitary center
like pacific neuroscience institute or UCSF Hospital
they will be able to give you better feedback
Feb 04, 2018 @ 23:33:21
sorry… remote second opinion