I love how they always jump to blaming age for it 🙄. Thankfully, at my age, they couldn’t blame it on the age and so agreed to change my AI straight away. Although, when I saw a doctor about it and said I didn’t want surgery cause it could go away once I stopped the AI, he said ‘well by that time you’ll be 45 and you’ll still be in menopause and get it, so you might as well take care of it now.’ Um, ok. Except I don’t think like that. He wasn’t sure of side effects of the surgery, but he was sure I’d be in menopause and get carpal tunnel again once off the AI 🙄. Anyway, as soon as I switched to Exemestane, the symptoms started getting better. When I got the injections my hands were good as new again. I was just worried about losing muscle mass as apparently it never comes back once lost, so I got them. After 3 months on Exemestane, I switched to Arimidex and it’s been the best. I gave myself a month off my AI a couple months ago (wasn’t intentional - problems with getting the script) and when i started taking it again, I noticed pain in my joints again. What a difference it makes! So definitely take that break and see what happens. And maybe consider switching AI, as I’ve read they’re all the same in efficacy.