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Spirit-Harmony's avatar
Spirit-Harmony
Member
7 years ago

Taking Letrozole

Hi ladies I need advice.. I have been taking Letrozole since June 18, I was told my menopause symptoms were going to come back with a vengeance.. But having to take this drug as many of us do I thought I can handle it. 4 weeks after taking it I was ok not really any hot flushes to speak of, no night sweats.. Then BOOM omg, as soon as it gets dark it seems, they start, not to bad in the day time.. but more and more the night sweats are getting worse.. also Not sleeping more than 4 hours a night is not helping, i am getting forgetful, and generally pissed off. what can I do? I have made myself a peppermint spritzer bottle that I keep squirting in my face lol, I have made a roller bottle of Sage, lavender, and peppermint to roll on my pressure points, I am at the stage where I just want to stop taking this stuff. I am seeing my GP on Tuesday so I will talk with him, and I still haven't started my Radiation, that starts on the 14th... I don't want to be like this for the next 5 years, I know I very lucky and there are so many out there that are so much worse.. but yeah...... I guess its really getting me down 
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  • iserbrown's avatar
    iserbrown
    Member
    7 years ago
    Sorry to read your symptoms. I'm on Letrozole with some aches similar to what I was experiencing with Tamoxifen, joint aches and bone pain but not the hot flushes. I sleep well regardless! Hopefully it is mainly menopause symptoms that you're experiencing and they will pass sooner rather than later 
    Take care 
  • Tilly45's avatar
    Tilly45
    Member
    7 years ago
    Exactly the same for me. Awful. I don’t look forward to going to bed because I know my nights are so difficult. I am about to go off a medication that was meant to help with the hot flushes because it has been giving me awful nightmares. Not much else I can do.
  • kmakm's avatar
    kmakm
    Member
    7 years ago
    Yep, pretty much the same for me. Ankles started aching three days in (I started on 1st June) and three weeks later everything jumped up a notch. The hot flushes got worse; longer and stronger and with sweat for the first time. I have them during the day but at night they are insane and my sleep is constantly disrupted.

    You should speak to your oncologist. There are several medications you can try to ease the hot flushes. You can also try different versions of the same drug. This can help sometimes.

    Many women report that it settles down after six months. I am trying to hang on until then in the hope that it will improve. I want to go back to work next year but there's no way I could function properly in a job with the amount of sleep I'm getting at the moment.

    It bloody sucks sista  :/  K xox