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15/07/2025
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It's been tough lately, and this advice really helps right now. Hope it gives you a lift too.
15/07/2025

It's been tough lately, and this advice really helps right now. Hope it gives you a lift too.

Trying to manage chronic illness and the many symptoms, issues and unpredictabilities is worse than trying to herd cats, because at least most cats can get coaxed into a regular routine!

Give a perfectionist, type A personality or overachiever a chronic illness and it's even worse because you will keep trying to control the uncontrollable and feeling like a failure, each and every time.

So what can you do when you feel you are doing ‘everything right’ and still having flares and exhaustion?

Understand that there is only so much that you can control.

It doesn't mean that what you are doing to help yourself has been wasted time.

It doesn't even mean necessarily that you are doing anything wrong .

The thing about chronic illness is that there are multiple external factors that affect it, that are completely outside of your control.

Things like weather and temperature, politics hormones, global issues, a bad nights sleep, emotional stress, conflict with others, so many things that can and do trigger symptoms, flares and pain.

Even then with the best consistency, commitment, determination and attitude, you can be doing the "right" thing and still have high blood sugar, flares, pain, exhaustion or brain fog because that's what chronic illness does.

It's not you, it's the disease.

On the bad days, vent it out, cry it out, practice self-compassion and be very gentle with yourself.

You truly are doing the best that you can right now.

15/07/2025

Did you know that hypopituitarism can be caused by severe brain injuries?

Whilst uncommon, it is possible that serious head injuries can cause damage to the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, resulting in hypopituitarism. Hypopituitarism is a condition where the pituitary gland doesn't produce enough hormones.

If you are worried that a recent head injury may be affecting your pituitary gland, it is important to seek medical advice. Symptoms to be aware of include:

- Headaches
- Feeling or being sick
- Problems concentrating
- Memory problems
- Mood changes, such as feeling irritable or depressed
- Tiredness
- Problems sleeping
- Not feeling hungry
- Increased thirst or urinating a lot
- Sexual or fertility difficulties

For more information on hypopituitarism and its causes, please see our website at pituitary.org.uk

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It works both ways. 🙂

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