Sweating alot

@Nadi, how awful! No point adding anything else to have to endure. 
I will certainly remove them from my list of possible remedies then. 

@Unicornkisses I've tried Effexor in the past. This is the antidepressant they recommend for hot flushes. But it gave me very bad headaches that I had to stop taking it and the withdrawal was horrendous. So that's not an option for me. Other SSRIs haven't been effective.

I believe that some antidepressant medication can be used for controlling hot flushes. Not something to go on rashly, but I can tell you the hot flushes are making me very depressed, so it might kill two birds with one stone!
If you are really suffering it might be worth discussing with your GP to weigh up the pros and cons.

So happy for you ladies whose hot flushes have subsided, but I am 2 years on, am not on tamoxifen and still have severe hot flushes. I'll break out in sweat with these flushes. My onc sees them come on. At least 50% of the time  I have them every 20 minutes. Would really love to know why some women are affected more than others.

Thanks for that Unicornkisses.  The oncologist said I could take hormone replacement medication but advised only if it was severe.  My cancer is not hormone positive but don't like to take any further chances.  I also think I may have urge incontinence too so that is something Ill have to address soon.

@Payne regrettably I have not used anything to control the sweating. I am still suffering.
The medication that inhibited the sweating is a bladder control medication for Urge Incontinence, Oxybutynin. It not only inhibits sweating but causes overheating and very dry mouth, eyes and other orifices. I am currently using a patch which is better, I cannot use the tablets because of the horrid side effects. I have tried many of the other bladder control tablets and they all have the same effect for me.
It doesn't seem to inhibit the sweating like it did, now that I am on the AI and Palbociclib. 

Hi @Cynth6,

My hot flushes have subsided too but like @Unicornkisses I seem to sweat from my head. It doesn't help that I live in the tropics. One minute I'm fine, next I have sweat dripping off my head and my hair has only just started to re grow. Maybe the tamoxifen or just a strange version of hot flushes?

Hi @Cynth6.

I got serious hot flushes after round three of chemo.  Up to 20 a day, hot prickles, nausea, heart palpitations, you name it.  Putting on makeup to go to work at 5;30 am and I was sweating.  Bloody awful.   I keep one of those tiny fans on my desk at work that I can just flick on and off as needed.  I am now 7 months finished chemo and on Tamoxifen for three months.The sweating is pretty much gone except sometimes at night and the flushes have backed off to a couple a day so hopefully it starts to calm down a bit for you soon.

Hi Uncorkiness, Mind if i ask what medicatio  you took to control excessive sweating?  even though I didn't have treatment for hormone suppressors.  I had already gone through menopause pre chemo but Oncologist told me that the chemo in general would destroy ability of ovaries to make oestrogen ( after menopause ovaries still produce a little )  This was not really a problem in the beginning but I have now gone back to work and is embarrassing.
Sue

Hi @Cynth6, I didn't have chemo but am on Tamoxifen. Initially mega hot flushes and sweating that died down for a while but have now shifted into menopause and the sweats and hot flushes are back with a vengeance. I carry an atomiser to spray myself with to try and stop the flush and pouring sweat and my younger sister bought me a hand held battery operated fan that has a water reservoir so I get both the fan and misting spray. Gotta say that fan is gorgeous and very effective. Would fit into a large handbag and the water reservoir is large - you could even keep it in the fridge for an extra chill!! Hope you get something that can assist you xx Cath