Hi @lorrigb,
This stuff sure does mess up your life doesn't it. I am 46 and 18 months past diagnosis. My cancer was 90% both ER and PR positive. I am on Tamoxifen and the thing gives me a heck of a time. At the start I was having up to 20 or 30 flushes a day, lasting anywhere from a minute up to 10mins plus an array of other symptoms. The flushes would make me dizzy, nauseous and slightly off balance at times. And constant sleeping problems as well.
I decided to go off the drugs for a few weeks. By the end of week two, the flushes had started to calm down. They were still there, but no where near as intense nor did they last anywhere as long. I went back on Tamoxifen after week 3 as I was too scared to stay off for long. I stayed on them for another three months then off again for three weeks. I do this mostly for the other side effects, but each time I go off, the flushes come back less intense. Not sure if things start to level out with the little breaks but that's how I have to manage this drug at the moment or I just wouldn't take it at all. It interferes with my life too much.
Maybe ask your oncologist about a little break and see if that helps sort things out without having to take any other drugs.
xoxoxo
