I was diagnosed with Hypothyroid about 5 months after my accident. Just 2 months after my accident, my levels were fine, but when i had the most severe fatigue, was burning out, and hadnt had my period since the accident, we checked some levels, and sure enough my pituitary was working overtime trying to stimulate my thyroid. Therefore, diagnosed with hypothyroid. it also made me wonder if there was a link between concussions and some type of microscopic damage to the pituitary that hasnt been documented or researched.

Took son to dr again today and brought up this as a possible idea to investigate. He didn't blow me off! Doing blood draw tomorrow morning (said had to do it first thing in the morning, fasting)

worried_mom,

I hope he is also requesting a B-12, folate, and vit D assessment. Testosterone and DHEA would also be good.

I am having vision difficulties that limit how much I can read or work on the computer, so I hope you don't mind me asking instead of reading it for myself.

It has been 2 years and 2 months since my husband got his concussion in a severe car accident. He is still suffering from what they decided to label "post-traumatic hypersomnia" after sleep studies. He sleeps fine, no apnea, reasonable sleep cycles, but is completely tired and can nap at the drop of a hat, in fact, any time he sits down and has no one/nothing to engage him, he can fall asleep within a minute or two.

Recent visit to neurologist, the guy gently said that there just might not be any further recovery from his present state of pcs and this hypersomnia.

Would there possibly be an organic cause for the hympersomnia, should I make him go to an endocrinologist? Do these links you mention here talk about anything like that?

He won't even go for a regular ol' physical exam with his regular doctor unless forced to by someone, so if I don't find solutions for him, no one else is going to. Only I have such limited "eye time" for reading that I can't do much in the way of looking.

I can't see any harm in taking him to an endocrinologist, but personally I haven't found them helpful. As long as he's covered by insurance and you don't get your hopes up too high, it certainly can't hurt.

Very eye-opening info. In learning about my adrenal fatigue, I found out that some of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue are actually caused by your body's need for salt. Unless you have high blood pressure, its a good idea to add salt in moderation to food, especially sea salt or Celtic salt, which contain valuable nutrients.