Prolactinoma & PMS

[D-Miriam]

New Message on Pituitary Chat Prolactinoma & PMS Reply   Reply to Sender   Recommend Message 1 in Discussion From: D-Miriam Hi everyone, I just discovered this chat site and am so happy to have found it! Many of your questions and responses have been very helpful and illuminating. I had a question for you all about PMS, dostinex and the dredded prolactinoma phenomena. I was diagnosed about 3 yrs ago (I had lost my period for about 4 months with years of irregular periods before that - and the docs discovered a microadenoma with elevated prolactin levels.) I started taking .25 mg of dostinex twice a week and my prolactin levels became normal. I started to feel like myself again, and the doctor could not detect a tumor on my most recent MRI this past winter. We reduced my dostinex to .25mg, once a week. My prolactin levels went up slightly but were still within a normal range. But recently I've developed horrible PMS which lasts for 8 days before my period! Every day I feel really bloated, anxious, achy, irritable, exhausted, unfocussed etc etc. I started exercising more frequently and taking herbs for PMS. I called my endo & she suggested increasing the dostinex dosage by taking a 1/4 pill (.125 mg) once a week and the .25 mg once a week. I just started that today. She said that if that doesn't help, taking Prozac during the PMS phase might ease the symptoms. My question to you all: have any of you had similar problems with PMS once you lowered your dostinex dose? Or could the dostinex itself be contributing to the PMS? I just can't seem to get my hormones leveled off - the curse of this condition!! thanks! DM View other groups in this category. Also on MSN: Start Chatting | Listen to Music | House & Home | Try Online Dating | Daily Horoscopes To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. Remove my e-mail address from Pituitary Chat.