by Carl » Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:10 am
Unload away!
Having 'just' a Pituitary condition would be bad enough, without other conditions in the mix. Whilst the brain fog is a characteristic symptom, fatigue can be due to (in my case) lack of Hydro, lack of Testosterone or indeed could be a symptom of something as yet unknown. So many pituitary related symptoms conflict with one another, as I said that's before you bring anything else into the mix.
I am also a member of the Addison's Disease Self Help Group (ADSHG) and people with Addison's always take Fludro as well as Hydro, I've beard them described simplistically as Cortisol (Hydro) the sugar hormone, and Aldosterone (Fludro) as the salt hormone. In Addison's patients who have primary adrenal failure their adrenals no longer make either hormone and have to take both Fludro and Hydro, whereas with Pituitary patients with secondary failure we normally only take Hydro. Has your Endo said whether the Fludro is connected with your Pituitary condition or is it something else entirely, I have seen it said that some Pituitary patients do go on to need Fludro, but I'm not entirely sure why, whether it is connected with some kind of 'atrophy' of the adrenals over time because they aren't making the Cortisol we need and this goes on to affect other parts of the adrenal gland. I do believe that Fludro does have a slight positive effect on steroid cover, but each drug does different things......Do you crave salt? This is a common occurrence in Addison's patients and often indicates low sodium which in turn can be lack of Fludro and/or dehydration.
Other than that it is keep on doing what you are doing, taking notes, trying to get appointments with the doctors you do trust and together keep trying to narrow down the list of what is going on....trial and error unfortunately.