Pituitary tumour psychological symptoms

Hi, I have suffered from a pituitary Tumor since 1996, at first like you I felt unwell and my personality changed from a one of empathy too one of anger and I became very argumentative, which was totaly out of line for me as a person.I was put onto medication which was of great help too me and I found a change in a very short period of time. Some find the medication hard too take but I myself had no real problems with it. I most recently spoke too another man who told me that he has been diagnosed with a pituitary Tumor, which made him feel quite ill, until he was diagnosed and put onto treatment. I became a member of the pituitary society, which when you join you receive a magazine with stories of others that have pituitary Tumors, you can also contact them with any concerns you may have, which puts you mind at rest. Please don’t worry yourself over this diagnosis, but wait for confirmation after your MRI scan, and take it from there. I took meds from 1996, until four years ago, when after blood tests they told me it was none functioning and took me off them. Good luck, and don’t worry.

Just wanted to support and agree with what Kren said. The Pituitary Foundation [pituitary dot org dot uk] has free-to-download material on exactly this experience. See their 'Information' tab. Lots of other useful info too. You don't need to join the Foundation though I think you need to register to do downloads. When I was at the same stage as you are now, I found it very helpful indeed.

I’ve personally experienced personality changes unfortunately. I’m EXTREMELY moody and irritable majority of the day. I often too feel like I’m not myself and that I’m literally trapped in my own, it’s kind of hard to explain.

I’ve only been prescribed Cabergoline and eventually got off because I realized it put me in a “blah” mood and that I had almost no motivation for anything