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Weight Gain
This symptom could be caused by the failure of your pituitary gland. Below are the hormones that could be deficient.
Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)
Thyroid Hormone Deficiency
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD)
Growth hormone deficiency can cause:
- increase in body fat (especially around the waist)
- decrease in muscle
- less strength and stamina, less ability to exercise
- weaker bones, more fractures in middle age and beyond
- more LDL blood cholesterol, less HDL
- excessive tiredness
- anxiety and depression
- feelings of social isolation
- brain fog and memory problems
- poorer ‘quality of life’
- increased sensitivity to cold or heat
- decreased sex drive*
Depression and weight issues
Robert: “Inexplicably around 15 years ago I began piling on weight until I could hardly recognise the person I once was. I was exhausted, depressed and in pain. My joints swelled up . . . I made suicide attempts in 2007, 2011 and 2012.”
Sources:
The Pituitary Foundation Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency | The Pituitary Foundation
*Impact of adult growth hormone deficiency on daily functioning and well-being – PubMed (nih.gov)
For how to test if you have Growth Hormone Deficiency, see ‘Diagnosis’ page.
