Thanks Hazel, I really do appreciate you replying and it was very helpful. You have had a pretty rough time too, and the cancer coming back in your lung must have been one hell of a shock! Are you 100% now?
I stopped taking Tamoxifen because I started feeling depressed (which is so not me) so I stopped taking it. At that time not only had I had the double mastectomy, but also one of my precious dogs died suddenly, then my dear friend interstate got upset with me over something that I said ... a 30+ year friendship on the rocks due to her misunderstanding me ... so perhaps it was actually ME being sad and depressed rather than the Tamoxifen making me that way or exacerbating it.
During a sleepless time last night I mulled it all over (again!) and have decided to start Tamoxifen again, beginning today. If I get those symptoms again I know that it is definitely the Tamoxifen so then will consider what to do.
From reading many articles and comparing charts, etc., I think that, from a side effect point of view, Tamoxifen versus Femara, Tamoxifen is the lesser of two evils.
Keep well, and thank you.
Bronwyn
