Hot flushes tamoxifen
having hot flushes especially at night,have trouble getting to sleep because of them,has anyone had success with evening primrose?or something else,never know what I can take? Oncologist said ask phar...
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Good luck getting a doctor to write you a prescription for sleeping pills. I have really struggled to find any medical professional who will take the sleep deprivation of chemopause seriously. Having eventually established that I am not a doctor shopping drug addict, my GP will now give me Temazepam but they have never yet enabled me to sleep through the (Letrozole) hot flushes. Even when I take two. They just enable me to get to sleep a bit easier.
I am also on 150mgs of the anti-depressant that they give you to reduce the effect of the flushes. It doesn't always work for everyone and I don't know if it does for me. If it is working I'd hate to think what I'd be like with out them... A small pile of ashes as a result of self-combustion I reckon.
I have small sprays scattered round the house, hand fans, fans that plug into my phone, do a yoga breathing exercise, keep iced water to hand in the evening (when they're at their worst) and am about to track down a chilly towel that @kezmusc recommends.
They're awful and my eyelid is twitching as I write I'm so tired (blepherospasm!), but what to do? Better than having cancer... Good luck. K xox
I am also on 150mgs of the anti-depressant that they give you to reduce the effect of the flushes. It doesn't always work for everyone and I don't know if it does for me. If it is working I'd hate to think what I'd be like with out them... A small pile of ashes as a result of self-combustion I reckon.
I have small sprays scattered round the house, hand fans, fans that plug into my phone, do a yoga breathing exercise, keep iced water to hand in the evening (when they're at their worst) and am about to track down a chilly towel that @kezmusc recommends.
They're awful and my eyelid is twitching as I write I'm so tired (blepherospasm!), but what to do? Better than having cancer... Good luck. K xox