Hi @Fiona2,
thanks for the encouragement. I'm glad your aches and pains have improved. I experienced very bad aches and pains (in bed crying) after about ten days of Tamoxifen, plus mood swings. The severity did not last, thank goodness. Now I just have constant low level soreness which I try to ignore while I get on with my life. The serious sleep disturbance started long before that, at diagnosis I guess - but I've got brain fog so I can't remember! The brain fog is definitely worse. I'm not able to say if it's as a result of chronic poor sleep or a result of the hormone change. I will be asking my GP about help with sleep.
Regarding hot flushes and night sweats, so far they have been mild. I think the antidepressant may be helping with that. I had been on Lovan for years but had to change due to contraindications when taken with Tamoxifen. I'm now taking 10 mg daily a.m. Escitalopram with the Novaldex-D (and a multivitamin). FYI, for me - the Escitalopram works better than Lovan for depression and anxiety. Bonus. :smile:
If this drug stops my cancer from spreading and growing, it's worth taking and putting up with low level side-effects. If I find it debilitating, not so much. Do most people find that the side-effects are more severe at the start and ease over time on the drug?
