Can the pituitary gland heal itself?
It sounds like this wasn’t explained very well. I expect what has happened is that the SSRI has increased the level of a hormone called prolactin – I’m guessing this was picked up on a blood test. This is an occasional effect of SSRIs. Prolactin is produced by the pituitary gland (small and just under your brain). If this is what has happened with you, then there is not necessarily anything wrong with the pituitary gland itself – just that the SSRI has stimulated the pituitary to release more prolactin. If the SSRI is stopped, the pituitary will just go back to releasing the normal amount of prolactin – it is not damaged in any way. Your doc probably wants to stop your meds for a while just to make sure it really is the SSRI that is causing this and not a genuine pituitary problem. If he was genuinely worried there was something wrong with your pituitary though, I doubt he would leave it 6 months. Edit: In someone whose pituitary gland was actually damaged, not it could not heal itself
