Vaginal atrophy. Why didn't someone warn me?
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I started taking Tamoxifen on the 2nd, using a pill cutter to split the 10mg dose into 5mg.
TEN DAYS and my clitoris is almost nothing, and my labia has shrunk too. TEN DAYS!
I haven't slept properly since I started taking it (even with valium, melatonin or Quetiapine). My hair is falling out in handfuls, my skin is easily broken and I'm covered in bruises. I have had the worst PMS since I was a teenager. I can't concentrate well, and feel like I'm in a fog at times. I've lost two kilos in these ten days due to the nausea. So far, the hot flushes have been brief, and occur mostly at night, but my body temperature is now a full degree higher than it used to be (I was on the low side). My moods are extreme, exhausting and cause me shame - I worked so hard in therapy to be better, I obviously am not.
I've got cording in my arm and extending around my back. I've been seeing a physio for that, but it means I can't ride my motorcycle - which is my mindfulness time. The only time I can fully let go of everything and be "right here, right now."
TEN DAYS and my clitoris is almost nothing, and my labia has shrunk too. TEN DAYS!
I haven't slept properly since I started taking it (even with valium, melatonin or Quetiapine). My hair is falling out in handfuls, my skin is easily broken and I'm covered in bruises. I have had the worst PMS since I was a teenager. I can't concentrate well, and feel like I'm in a fog at times. I've lost two kilos in these ten days due to the nausea. So far, the hot flushes have been brief, and occur mostly at night, but my body temperature is now a full degree higher than it used to be (I was on the low side). My moods are extreme, exhausting and cause me shame - I worked so hard in therapy to be better, I obviously am not.
I've got cording in my arm and extending around my back. I've been seeing a physio for that, but it means I can't ride my motorcycle - which is my mindfulness time. The only time I can fully let go of everything and be "right here, right now."