Hot flushes tamoxifen

If it was men who had menopause you can bet they would have funded the research to sort it out by now.

Difficulty getting and maintaining an erection as you get old? Viagra discovered in the 20th Century.

Something that almost every woman on earth goes through that causes extreme discomfort, massive sleep disturbance and the cascade of troubles that stem from that, emotional distress, mood swings, loss of libido, painful sex? Nah, too hard basket. We don't even understand why you get hot flushes. You're exaggerating anyway. Take some hrt that might put you at risk of cancer and be on your way deary.

@Milly21 I tried numerous natural remedies for my chemo induced hot flushes but sadly none of them could compete with the chemo even though they worked prior to this whole BC thing. I have reduced my wheat and sugar intake as per my Osteopath recommendation and this has helped but I still get 4-5 a night (I was getting up to ten) plus some during the day. Anything is worth trying though as we all respond differently.

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

Maybe sleeping tablets would knock me out?

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