Weight gain, definitely -- I second that. And, like Cora Lynn, I'm compact (5'2 3/4" -- and I take great pride in that last 3/4"!!), so it doesn't take much to really change how I look and feel. It took six years of symptoms for me to finally be diagnosed, and that was seven years ago. I just learned about the weight gain -- both in literature and through personal experience -- within the last two months. During seven years of bromocriptine (and horrible side effects), I also went through a divorce and finished a doctoral degree -- so I attributed weight loss to a rather prolonged period of stress. Got my wake-up call in the past two months. Stopped bromocriptine because the side effects -- to me -- were worse than the symptoms of high prolactin itself. As far as I remembered. I was off meds for 7 weeks, and although weight gain was not immediately noticeable, it picked up swiftly as PRL levels climbed. I gained 10 lbs in about five weeks, and had PRL tested at the end of those 5 weeks prior to regular Endo. appointment (it was 120). Quickly made the connection between increase in PRL and increase in backside!!! I had been eating incredibly well and exercising more -- yet growing. This was confirmed when I restarted treatment with new meds -- Dostinex. Within the first week, 5 lbs melted off -- this was largely excess fluid. Belly pooch -- which is not normal for me (don't hate me -- I have other curses, trust me :-) ) -- disappeared. I am hoping that the rest will follow as I build tolerance to new meds and begin to increase dose. Also hoping that Dostinex will finall lower PRL to target levels. Even on 10 mg/day of bromocriptine, lowest PRL was mid 40's. In side-by-side blinded comparison trials, Dostinex was more effective (fingers crossed!!). I'm scheduled for monthly bloodwork to check PRL, so I will be able to correlate levels with body weight. | 