Throughout my entire life I have always been very cold. A year ago, I started having so many health problems. I don't know how long I been declining, but suddenly I gained 50 pounds in 3 months, headaches, sweating, muscle pain, joint pain, unability to concentrate, think or remember anything. Lucky for me, I was diagnosed as panhypopituitary 6 weeks ago. There is no doubt in my mind that the sweating is connected to the dysfunction of the pituitary gland. My symptoms seem to stay under control when my female hormones are within normal limits. When my hormone patch begins to wear off, I am a sweaty betty for sure. And, if I become stressed, my face turns red like a tomato and I seat a lot. It is an awful, and uncomfortable feeling for sure. If you get any good feed back on how to fix it, I'd like to hear about it. Also, I want to add my two cents about endos. Unless you see a pit specialist, a GP or regula endo will probably have no idea how to take care of you. I was being treated by a endo at a top 10 hospital in the US. I kept getting worse and worse over the last year. I got copies of all of my records, travelled 5 hours to see a pit specialist, and VOILA I was diagnosed. I was told that two of my tests performed at the top 10 hospitla were within normal limits. The bad thing is, they just didn't know how to correctly read my MRI pituitary films or my growth hormone stimulation test. Once my medical records were read by a physiciam familiar with patients having hypopit, I was correctly diagnosed. It only took the specialist about 30 minutes to figure it out. In my opinion, doctors are too often more worried about their pride. They too often drag out a patient's treatment simply because they don't want to refer you to another physician and have to admit that they are clueless. I believe you. Sweating is connected to the disease. There's no physician who can convince me otherwise. I also have problems with skin rash. I think it's a result of the hypopit too. Have you had any problems with skin redness or rash along with the seating?? Sheri |
