Dear Carolyn:

 

Thank you for responding to me, it is a pleasure to meet you-:) I have tried anti-depressants and they are not tolerated well. The last one I tried was Welbutrin which left me sooo nauseated I dropped 15 lbs. Unfortunately, I gained it back once I could finally eat again-:) I also have trouble with abortive med's. I find them not to be very effective. Migranol inhaled works but not regularly and it is soo expensive to be using with no guarantee-:) I like Toradol that really seems to work the best. I just added 5-HTP the natural Saratonin booster to my diet and I am actually feeling a bit better. It has only been three weeks but I am very hopefully. It might be that I need a Saratonin boost but just in a different form-:)

 

I am seeing a pain specialist that works specifically with migraines. He is a sufferer himself but his are being well managed. I also take Migralief which he suggested. He is the one who believes there is a correlation between headaches and Pit tumors. It is funny, I have belonged to a Pit support group it seems like forever now and there are a lot of us with migraines and a lot of doctors that deny there is a correlation because they cannot figure out what the relationship would be. I have two theories. The first is that I know for a fact that I have inflammation in my body (my blood tests show it) Inflammation is an immune response what would my head have to responded to? The foreign object i.e. the tumor. What is a migraine...inflammation-:) It works for me so I am also working on inflammation with dietary changes and enzymes. The other is interesting but not promising. While researching for my dissertation I found an article that looked at HA and Pit tumors. What they found is that the people with HA the rumor was pressing in just the right place causing decreased blood flow to the anterior section of the Pit gland and a lot of intrasellular pressure. Those with tumors and no HA did not have intresellular pressure. If the tissue does not become necrotic (dies off) with removal there is a return of function and relief from pain. However, I have not found any other studies so apparently the researchers are not finding this to be an issue, we all do but they apparently do not. For my dissertation survey headache is something I am going to be inquiring about.

 

Misdiagnosis with Pit tumors is very very common for whatever that is worth-:)

 

Thank you again!!!

 

HUGS,

Tina