Re: Alternative diagnosis to PCOS - Raised prolactin levels
From: Michelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:32:52 -0500 (CDT)
Yes i do - I've suffered very badly with visual disturbances for 6 years
- artificial light causes my vision to go dark and stops me thinking
properly - which i find scary - plus it makes me feel really ill (and i
get tinnitus with it)
All the time i get blurred vision - as if light bounces off my nose and
causes a hazy see-through blur, in the middle of my vision - whci is
very annoying!
I also have high testosterone and LH levels.
I was diagnosed as having ME (Chronic fatigue syndrome) 6 years ago -
but now the drs wonder whether PCOS is causing my problems.
Is there a link between visual problems and PCOS?
What are your vision problems like, if you don't mind me asking?
At Fri, 28 Jun 2002, cheri wrote:
>
>Michelle,
>I have had 1 high prolactin level followed by a normal value. So my doc
>said it was a fluke. I have also had problems with headaches and visual
>disturbances. A few years ago I had swollen optic discs (usually caused
>by increased intercranial pressure.) I have often wondered if the two
>are related because my PCOS symptoms started around the same time as the
>vision problems. I follow up with an opthamologist every 6 months and
>have my visual fields tested. From my understanding visual fields and
>color vision as usually the first to go. Are you experiencing similiar
>problems?
>
>--
>Cheri
>
>At Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Michelle wrote:
>>
>>The other conditions likely to cause abnormal periods include raised
>>levels of prolactin and of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). Both
>>these hormones are produced from a particular part of the brain, the
>>anterior pituitary.
>>
>>Raised prolactin levels can occur together with headaches and some
>>disturbances of vision whereas raised TSH levels indicate low thyroid
>>hormones (hypothyroidism). Both these conditions lead to suppressed
>>ovulation and infertility.
>>
>>-----
>>Raised prolactin levels can occur together with headaches and some
>>disturbances of vision
>>
>>Anybody suffer from this???
>
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