Switching from AI to Tamoxifen after 8 months
Hi Everyone, Hope you are all doing well. I was diagnosed last year and undergone lumpectomy and nodes removal, Radiation therapy. I was HER2- ER PR+ Per my doc advise , I skipped chemo and started Z...
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I am 47 and started tamoxifen 3.5 months ago - I haven’t been on an A1 yet. I was having periods until I started on chemo last December. I have plenty of hot flashes and spend my nights alternatively sweating and shivering - but that began with the chemo which put me into menopause. When I started the tamoxifen the hot flashes became more frequent for a few weeks but then settled a little. I found swapping from taking it in the morning to night improved a hangover type feeling in the afternoons. Poor sleep is the other major thing for me - which means more fatigue.
The first week I felt hungry sick each afternoon but that settled quickly and has never happened since.
Really, I haven’t found tamoxifen a problem so far. I expected it to be worse and maybe as time goes by it will be, but for now it doesn’t bother me. Hopefully, you will find it easier than the letrozole.