Linda had a head injury and suffered pituitary problems later in life. She gives her moving story here. Her head injury may not have caused her hormone problems: so far there is no research supporting a connection between head injury and prolactinoma. However her story is important and may strike a chord with some readers.

It is the only time I have thought back, and never linked my condition with trauma, but when I was around 12 I had a nasty fall off my bike, I banged my chin and several stitches, my periods were never heavy like most of my friends and at 15 my periods stopped never to return, that was 1964, I have gone through life, frequently visiting doctors with lots of problems but was never diagnosed with a Macro Prolactinoma until January this year, and that was only because I was so fed up with the headaches/sinus problems that I insisted on a MRI scan, which revealed the large tumor, my prolactin levels were 35,000, which are now falling due to the Cabergoline medication (1 tablet twice a week), I am now 60 years of age and very disappointed my condition was not identified when I was younger, perhaps I would have been able to have children, and not felt when I visited the doctor with all my problems that I was imagining the symptoms . . . I thought I was on my own with this condition, I was told it was very rare, and that is why it was never detected.

Postscript

There is more I would like to add to my story, I didn’t think about it until I read one of your other stories. When I was 13 years of age, a teacher hit me over the head, very forcefully with a book, I saw stars at the time, and now just by reading the other story by Michele everything has fell into place, because shortly after that I started getting hot flushes, and not feeling myself, three years later my periods stopped completely, after being very erratic, I had various tests and internals, and it was decided I had in fact had a menopause at the age of 15, could this heavy bang on the head from a school teacher have caused all my life’s troubles?