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Spillsy
Member
7 years ago

Can tamoxifen cause extreme fatigue

Hi
i have just stared tamoxifen, only been on it for a week. I came home from work yesterday and was pretty tired, today haven’t been able to get out of bed and feel like a total zombie.  I have pretty much worked all the way through treatments and though I was going so well. Finished rads 17th October, have had chemo and surgery, already. Could it be radiation fatigue?? Tamoxifen? 
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  • Brenda5's avatar
    Brenda5
    Member
    7 years ago
    Yes it can and if you over do things you get past exhausted and cannot shut down and sleep. Now if I am flagging I just go and have a 20 minute lay down. It beats fighting it for hour after hour.
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    arpie
    Member
    7 years ago
    The radiation can cause fatigue - it varies from one to another @Spillsy .  

    The rads could take a good 4 weeks to recover from (including the very warm bread/chest area.)

    Combined with the Tamoxifen - it could be accumulative.

    All the best - are you able to cut back on your hours just while you get used to the new meds? xx