Has anyone here been diagnosed with pseudotumor?

I was diagnosed with this in July of 2017, and my neuroopthamologist said it would go away if I lost just 10% of my body weight. Well, I lost way more than that.

That year, I lost 60lbs and NOTHING changed with respect to my optic nerve swelling and diagnosis (I have since gained all that weight back).

After you had the surgery, did the pseudotumor and optic nerve swelling resolve itself? That is one (of many) of the primary reasons I am opting for surgery.

5 minutes ago, mousecat88 said:

I know everyone means well, but therapy is genuinely not right for me. I have been seeing therapists on and off for the last 26 years of my life and have never benefited from it. In fact, the last one I saw actually made me extremely depressed (and I do not suffer from clinical depression). It is detrimental to me. And I have tried A LOT of different people, so it's wasn't just me giving up on it or not having the right person. No one is the right person, lol. I do a lot better on my own. I am doing fantastically nowadays and my psychiatrist agrees. If things change, I'll reach out to someone again. But for now, I am not wasting my money. The surgeon's office has a psychiatrist on staff I can see anytime I want to discuss weight issues specifically, so she is always there for me, too. I'd rather go to her, if needed.

Fantastic! Then go there. Be willing to try out the support systems that are provided including people on the site trying to share "elder wisdom" with you. Take it or don't but it's recorded if you ever want to look for it again.

I love my surgeon's office. My surgeon really pressed home the point that I am now part of their "family" and can come see any of their support staff any time I want for the rest of my life. I feel like if the rest of my support system left me, I always have them.

Never knew about this condition until I read this thread, so I marched off to read about it on Wikipedia. Hmmmm.