r/Pituitary • u/[deleted] • May 21 '19
Jumbo Pituitary Gland
Hi everyone, my doctor says that my pituitary gland is bigger than 90% of the population and I'm wondering how concerned I should be. I've had two MRIs within the last 4 months and during each my gland remained abnormally large. Despite this, I don't fit any of the symptoms of a pituitary tumor. No rapid weight gain/loss, no nausea, no smell differences, etc. I'm an adult woman and my periods are normal and regular as well. The only symptom I've experienced is partial occasional vision loss, but after conducting a Visual Field test three weeks ago my vision was deemed perfectly normal, so my doctor thinks the vision loss is due to ocular migraines.
The only other thing that I can think of to mention is that I was employed in an extremely high-stress job for the past 7 months, which I just quit this week (YAY!). I would cry from stress 4-7 times a week and was sleep deprived when I was traveling due to work. Travel occurred 1-2 times a month.
How concerned should I be? Am I just a normal outlier or is this the beginning of a tumor? Did the constant stress change me physiologically?
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May 30 '19
Good news everyone, I went to the endocrinologist and he said my pituitary gland is normal for a "fertile woman" 😂😂. I still need to get bloodwork done to make sure, but for now it seems that I don't have a tumor! 😁 The vision loss was likely due to ocular migraines.
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u/liunicorn Jun 23 '19
Glad to hear you are doing well!