Nice that someone who does not know you gives you 5 minutes and wants to shove pills down your throat!

Wishing you peace and luck on your journey. Keep us posted and stay strong.

Good for you to get a different test done, and best wishes to finding what's wrong!
So glad you listened to your instincts!

Hope you feel better once you get the proper meds. Just wanted to let you know that my story is quite similar. Been visiting my GP for about 4 years with a variety of symptoms and every GP wanted me to take anti depressants telling me it was my age and I was peri menopausal! Eventually got diagnosed with a micro prolactinoma last year and also Mitral heart valve prolapse. Meds appear to be keeping pituary under control (latest prolactin 21 down from 2400) anxiety attacks mostly under control but have a really bad one once or twice a month now. Hugs

My doctors found the same size adenoma on my pituitary over 4 years ago. A year later, I went back and it had grown to 7mm. The several docs i talked to about this seemed to think that this size was nothing to worry about and that a lot of people actually have them and never know it. They are usually found during an autopsy (morbid, I know.) It was at the very beginning of the long search to find ou what was wrong, but I understand what you are saying about the anti-depression/anxiety meds. I fought my doctor for a long time trying to convince him I wasn't depressed. He pulled out a paper that came with the depression meds that had a checklist...it actually said that some people who are depressed will not show signs of depression, lol.....loss of sleep, chronic pain, and fatigue were enough symptoms to be diagnosed as depressed. Funny, because I thought that the pain was keeping me from sleeping...which made me tired! Good luck with your diagnosis and follow your own gut. I had been on the right path the whole time...5 years until I "accidentally" found the problem. Hugs to you, this is a very frustrating time.

I think dr. just want to take the quickest way out and put you on meds instead of finding out what is wrong. I have been having panic attacks and low potassium. No one wants to find out why the low potassium. Even though i am on prescription potassium it is still low. I am frustrated. It sd not be low. Anxiety is a symptom of low potassium. maybe if they cd find out why it is low the anxiety wd go away or at least get better. Good luck

I don't knw if it is the same thing, but last summer my son was hospitalized for dehydration (football), and for some reason his potassium level was also too high. He had to stay away from salt, Gatorades, and pickle juice (which is what they usually recommend for dehydration), I wonder if adding extra water to your day might help. There has to be a reason for the low potassium. Have you had your kidneys checked out?? Good luck and keep us updated!

I am not sure how they check the kidneys, but I have done urine test if that is how they do it. everything was fine, they say.