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rebecca_87
rebecca_87

I have a pituitary adamant and my doctor want me to have the merina coil as I'm having periods that last three weeks if I'm lucky to have a break. Will this increase my prolactin levels as I'm still producing Unwanted breast milk already.

Also I'm having hot sweats constantly

I'm exhausted

My joints and bones are aching like man

Terrible mood swings

Iv read that the symptoms I have already could increase if I have the hormone coil but will it effect my pituitary.

Plz help iv feel like no doctor listens

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  • rebecca_87
    rebecca_87

    Posted

    Sorry spelling is horrendous was typing in a hurry I have a pituitary adnoma
  • sheryl37154
    sheryl37154 rebecca_87

    Posted

    Do you mean pituitary adenoma?  An excess prolactin one?  Usually known as a prolactinoma?

    My experience with one when eventually diagnosed, medication called carbergoline soon brought it into line, reduced the prolactin and reduced the adenoma, and returned my oestrogen levels to normal.

    Women with a prolactinoma need extra oestrogen because the prolactin makes their oestrogen ineffective, therefore giving them menopause symptoms.  Your symptoms sound like menopausal or perimenopausal symptoms and those were the symptoms I suffered for 6 years till I was diagnosed.  I did not have period problems as I had a hysterectomy many years earlier.  I was on HRT but it was being made ineffective by the excess prolactin.  It also means you are not getting the calcium to your bones that you need.

    If you are the same, ask for carbergoline, and you may not need the coil.  Get your hormones checked to see if you need some oestrogen supplementation for a while.

     

    • rebecca_87
      rebecca_87 sheryl37154

      Posted

      Hi thanks for your reply I took cabergloline before but as soon as I stop taking it the breast milk comes back

      And when I take it for along time I was getting really bad migrains and wasnt well.

      I'm only 27 and I have 2 children and I'm seriously considering getting sterilised for contraception but I need some thing to stop this bleeding, sweats and joint pain x

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