Hot flushes tamoxifen

As time goes by you get used to the sweats especially that one in bed just before you nod off to sleep. Now I just have aircon on (yep big electricity bill) and fling back all the covers. Don't panic, it only lasts about 5 minutes. I am sometimes asleep before it has finished and I wake up freezing under the aircon and pull all the covers back on and off to sleep.
Its no better on Letrozole than it was on Tamoxifen and I got the muther of all sweats in the hospital yesterday in preop registration. I didn't panic even though I was completely wet under my shirt. I just walked over and had a few paper cups of cold water in the room and straight away I started to feel better and cool off.
Just remember it doesn't last long and then you are good for a little while afterwards. :)

@Milly21
Easy to blame tamoxifen as it does have it's side effects however maybe it's time for a GP checkup - full bloods will let you know if you are low in iron or something else is happening.  For me that is how they detected underactive thyroid - fatigue, weight gain were the culprits.  This was when I was on tamoxifen.  
Please get yourself checked - no point trudging along 

Take care

Feel like I blame tamoxifen for everything lately,been taking for 2 years,lately been so fatigued,feeling tired most times,only work 2 days a week but coming home for a nap,thinking it can’t be age as only 42, feel like old lady worries me it’s something else.

I was fortunate enough to sail through menopause, late compared to most, and when I was on Tamoxifen I did not experience the hot flash.  When I was much younger I would take Evening Primrose Oil as periods, although regular, were often uncomfortable, however, I am not sure that is something that is compatible with tamoxifen - you would need to check with your Onc.  Advice offered above certainly is worth asking about as well as!

Take care

The only way I survived 4 yrs of Tamoxifen was by taking a very lose dose antidepressant called Endep(10mg).It helped with hot flushes,sleep and low mood.I had no side effects and it really helped.I had to do my research and then suggest it to my oncologist.We really shouldn’t have to suffer in silence when there are options

Hi @Milly21,

Hot flushes are the absolute pitts. 
You wont be recommended to take anything with phytoestrogens in it because they don't know if it will interfere with the drugs.  So no promensil, no remifen, no menopause ease, no nothing with black cohosh or red clover etc etc etc etc , zip, zilch.  
If it's any consolation, and it's not I know, it does back off a bit over time but it took 10-12 months before I got even close to a reasonable nights sleep. 
I still get the flushes 17 months later but not as supersonic as they were  thank goodness. 

 My husband is a terrible insomniac and uses restavit which works well for him and you can buy it over the counter (they will keep an eye on you though).  
 

I was 51 and was still getting my period when I was diagnosed. 51 is the average age of menopause in Australia. The hope is our bodies adjust and eventually it all settles down. Some women suffer for five years before that happens. My mother is 84 and still gets the odd hot flush.  :/

Maybe they get better as I get older,I’m 42 ,as I get closer to real menopause age?

I have taken Tamoxifen for five years. I had hot flushes.
I am now taking Letrozole with another 2 drugs. More hot flushes. Grrr. I love Winter!!!

Yet they've already found a regime of drugs  to help MEN OUT WITH the unpleasant side effects from Hormone Inhibiting tablets for their Prostate Cancer treatment ..... and they haven't even trialled them on women yet .... HELLO????   We are definitely classed as 2nd rate citizens  :( 
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/20231/men-dont-like-hormone-tablet-side-effects-for-prostate-trying-new-meds#latest

I've had a few shocking sleeps in recent nights - the heat is not helping at all - as well as the side effects of the hormone inhibiting drugs that seem to have ramped up in recent days. :(  I HAVE been using a small portable dehumidifier/aircon in the bedroom & altho it is noisy (I wear ear plugs to counteract it!) I do believe it is helping me marginally to get a better sleep now & then.

I took 1 x Temase last night before going to bed & I did actually have a good sleep (for a change!)

It is largely trial & error tho, I think, @Milly21