Can too much stress cause Cushings? - Hormone Problems Message Board

DoogiePCT · 08-17-2008, 12:12 AM

...my doc says no, 1 in ten million chance. I have been under EXCEPTIONAL amounts of stress these past few years, and still maitained a good diet and regular excercise, and my weight has always been low thanks to suppresion thyroid hormone for thyroid cancer, but my face has recently turned puffy. Is the rest of my body next?

rumpled · 08-17-2008, 12:41 PM

There is a condition called "pseudo Cushing's" and while the name is horrid and docs (!) tend to misuse this, what it really is is a real condition that is brought on by depression, drug use, or alcoholism. Since pseudo means false, often doctors tend to make it out as a condition that is not real, but it is real.
However, too much stress? In all my reading about Cushing's... I have not found that. You have to have a source. But I have met people that only gained weight in their face.
Please find a doctor who knows what they are doing, get tested and get to the real source. 24 hour urine, serum blood, salivas - plus what you need to support it. Research it a bit more and learn. I hope this helps.