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Eliaimee1970
Eliaimee1970

In July23 I was at work and one on my eyes began to blurr and all of the sudden my mind couldn’t think what I was doing , type freak me out to the point my boss call the ambulance got CT, blood work for stroke, blood clot all normal last Friday I had an Brain MRI and I got the results and all Normal except I have a 8mm cyst on my pituitary gland . So I research and I have the symptoms but my doctor doesn’t believe since I have had since 2015 and no one  bother to tell me. 

Has anyone experience this. I also have this headache doesn’t go away. 

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  • anxiousface
    anxiousface Eliaimee1970

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    Hi Eliaimee, I’m not sure I have the same sort of symptoms as you but mine is a 4mm tumour on my pituarty gland which I get the symptoms of blurred vision, ora sometimes, off balance and frequent headaches. My tumour is a prolactin secreting tumour that I am on medication for which also gives me the same side effects.  Are they putting you on any medication ? It will be different for you if it’s a cyst but don’t know much about it. 

    I too can feel I can’t think straight , it’s very strange and makes you feel anxious.

    i hope they give you something and you feel better soon x 

    • anxiousface
      anxiousface mrs_susan74280

      Posted

      I first had a blood test which showed the high prolactin up then an MRI which showed the tumour. I have MRI ‘s every two years and see my endocrologist every six months. The tumour was discovered in 2001 but I don’t know how long iv had it.

      in answer to crosado

      yes anyone can get Ora it doesn’t mean you have a tumour so please don’t worry about that. I used to get Ora as a teenager, my dad gets them and always has since he was a teenager x

       

    • Eliaimee1970
      Eliaimee1970 anxiousface

      Posted

      Yes they said either Rathke’s cyst or arachnoid cyst.  I get headaches everyday and sometimes with eye floaters I call them sperms😂 and is for a few seconds. I have a refferal to see a neurologist no I’m not on meds but I had a prolactin test and was high one week and normal the following week.  Im not on medication yet but I get dizzy and is just crazy I cry . In a way Im relieved I’m not the only one 

    • Eliaimee1970
      Eliaimee1970 anxiousface

      Posted

      I guess I had a CT in 2015 but they didn’t tell me about it which got me mad. But it hasn’t grow since and I don’t know lhow long I had it . I know my perimenopause symptoms start at 45 I’m 48 now so . God knows . 
  • Guest
    Guest Eliaimee1970

    Posted

    Can you get a ora without been tumor? Does anyone else get them who doesnt have a tumor?
    • debra16694
      debra16694 Guest

      Posted

      Hi - it can also be caused by an ocular migraine.  1/2 of your eye goes blurry & fuzzy & then a little bit after you get that you can feel very nauseous & sometimes headache follows - I didn’t experience total mental confusion, but did feel very spacey - best to have it checked out when it happens - 

  • Indifferent
    Indifferent Eliaimee1970

    Posted

    My cousin had this happen to her at a stop light during her perimenopause. She suddenly could not figure out where she was or which way to turn...or whether to go straight. Total confusion. Not sure if she had her pituitary checked...but it never happened again. I dread if this ever happens to me.
    • Eliaimee1970
      Eliaimee1970 Indifferent

      Posted

      I was in front of the computer at work and was scary!!!! The reason they did it was the ER though was a stroke . 
  • may69987
    may69987 Eliaimee1970

    Posted

    Hi eliaimee ,me too last couple months after my period I get the blurry eye it starts at right eye and then both plus the headache 3-4 dates nothing stopes it I think it is due to peri 
    • Eliaimee1970
      Eliaimee1970 may69987

      Posted

      I think so too. And my husband will leave for a 7 months deployment and I’ll be alone w my 11 yr son. So I’m kind of worry. 
  • Guest
    Guest Eliaimee1970

    Posted

    I was having vision issues, and white lightening flashes out the side of my eye. I did have a brain MRI and was checked by a opthomologist and nothing was found. I think it was just another funky peri symptom either caused by hormones or anxiety. 

    I was reading in a magazine about these women who all went to the same college and they all got this rare eye cancer. The symptoms were light flashes, and she said they first told her it was nothing. Then turned out to be tumors in her eye. I was like, great, now I'm back to worrying about that one. Arggghh

    • Eliaimee1970
      Eliaimee1970 Guest

      Posted

      I’m gonna see a eye doctor as well to make sure is nothing ! I think is peri. I’m 48 so I’m just happy is not a stroke or aneurysm! 
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