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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure if this is at all similar, but I was diagnosed with a benign pituitary adenoma when I was in my mid-30s. I never had a concussion nor do I remember ever having a bad fall where I hit my head but the condition is sometimes caused by head trauma.

The adenoma was found when I could not get pregnant due to crazy high levels of prolactin, the hormone that tells the body to produce breast milk after pregnancy. My body thought it had just been pregnant, so I was not ovulating. Once this was all discovered -- it took significant time and testing -- I was put on an oral medication (bromocriptine) to suppress the production of prolactin via my pituitary and I soon became pregnant, thankfully. After having my child, I produced massive amounts of breast milk and even now a decade later when I recently needed to temporarily stop taking the medication, within days I began lactating again.

Again, I am not sure if this is similar, but I wanted to share in case it was helpful. [/quote]

Thank you, very helpful!

My understanding is that a pituitary adenoma is a kind of benign tumor on the pituitary that can cause the dysregulation of prolactin, so the mechanism is a little different than pituitary injury due to TBI (tumor vs. mechanical or vascular damage), but, high prolactin does happen after TBI.

I sort of dismissed high prolactin because the main symptom described is the "leaking milk" and my family member doesn't have that. Can you share your symptoms of the high prolactin? In particular, did you have any cognitive symptoms? What testing did you have to discover this? What kind of doctor figured this out?

Thanks for any further info. [/quote]

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