Newly Diagnosed, ignored for years.
Hello, I’ve had symptoms of chronic fatigue, pain, long illnesses, and brain fog for at least 6 years but was ignored. I was constantly told to lose weight or fix my sleep. I had days where I’d wake up feeling hit by a train but then other days where I could hike long distances without issues. I finally had an allergist that took me seriously and checked an extra box for thyroid bloodwork and they found antibodies which led me to an endocrine which led to them testing my cortisol and then an MRI when it came back low. They found pituitary tumors when they did the MRI. I’ve been on 5mg of prednisone for the last month, this bloodwork just came back still low. She’s lowering my dose to 4mgs and hoping it levels out over the next 2 months. I’m absolutely defeated, I’m so tired of zero energy and I guess I just need validation that this very well is the cause of my problems and if there’s anything else I can do to help it? I struggle immensely with stress and anxiety so I’m sure that doesn’t help at all. Any help and guidance is much appreciated.