Symptoms in the Spotlight - Pituitary Foundation

Many pituitary conditions come with long-term, often hidden symptoms that can be hard to manage day-to-day. This Pituitary Awareness Month, we’re shining a light on some of these symptoms to raise awareness of their impact and provide information to help you manage them.

Throughout October, we will be spotlighting a different symptom each week. These will include:

Week 1: Fatigue, low energy and brain fog

Week 2: Emotional impacts

Week 3: Chronic pain and headaches

Week 4: Managing changes in appearance and the emotional impact of this

Take a look at our symptoms content below, to find resources to help you. We hope you will find comfort and support in the content shared, and will feel empowered to manage your pituitary condition across your life.

Find information to help support you

Fatigue, low energy and brain fog

Emotional impacts

Chronic pain and headaches

Appearance changes and emotional impact of this

Your pituitary awareness month stories

How I cope with fatigue and emotional overwhelm – Ali’s story of managing post-surgery macroadenoma symptoms

New beginnings and the power of friendship – Chrissy’s story of her acromegaly diagnosis and how she manages symptoms

Managing microprolactinoma – Liz’s story of how she manages her symptoms 20 years on from her diagnosis

What I’d say to others decades after my Cushing’s diagnosis – Renee’s story

Rebuilding my life and coping with appearance changes – Weronika’s story

My life on the other side of Cushing’s – Yasmin’s story of her diagnosis journey and how she manages her symptoms

How everything changed after a holiday- Steve’s story of being diagnosed with hypopituitarism and how he manages his symptoms

How you can get involved

Share your advice for managing symptoms with us

Throughout October, we will be sharing content across our social media platforms around managing symptoms. We know that our community’s voice is a powerful tool to support others. We also know that the people most qualified to talk about how difficult these symptoms are, are the people living with them.

For that reason, if you have any tips or advice for how you manage your symptoms, let us know in the comments of our social media platforms!

You can get in touch with us on:

Instagram: @PituitaryFoundation

Facebook: The Pituitary Foundation

LinkedIn: The Pituitary Foundation

YouTube: @ThePituitaryFoundation

You can also tag us in your own posts on social media about how you manage symptoms by using the hashtag #SymptomsInTheSpotlight . We will be sharing all your tips and advice throughout the month with our pituitary community.

Share your story

Do you have a pituitary condition and have experience living with, and managing, these symptoms? If so, please share your tips and advice with our community this Pituitary Awareness Month.

If you would like to share your story with us, get in touch with us at [email protected]
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We hope this Pituitary Awareness Month will bring you support and a sense of community, to help you live well with a pituitary condition. 🧡

Share your story with us

Join our online events

Sleep, circadian rhythms and managing fatigue

06/10/2026

Join us for the chance to hear from Professor David Ray, Professor of Endocrinology at The University of Oxford.

Lived Experience Committee panel on managing symptoms of pituitary conditions

13/10/2026

Join us for the chance to hear from three of our lived experience committee members

Managing the more challenging symptoms associated with pituitary conditions

19/10/2026

Join us for the chance to hear from independent chartered psychologist Dr Sue Jackson

Living well with pain and headaches

22/10/2026

Join us for the opportunity to hear about how to life a happy, fulfilled life despite the pain.

With your support, we can help more people this Pituitary Awareness Month

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