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The tears are driving me mad
Hello i am 4 year survivor and have been on tamoxifen the four years. i am fed up with flushes, feeling like utter crap, NO libido (can’t remember what intimacy with my husband feels like) mood swin...
Dear JacquiP
No-one can make you stay on medication, particularly when you have really unpleasant side effects. But your oncologist can advise on stopping cold or weaning off (I haven’t taken tamoxifen, I am on an AI so I can’t advise) and also if there may be any temporary side effects from stopping - just so you know. He/she may of course try and get you to persist but with potentially another six years to go, that’s not his/her problem, it’s yours and you are the one to decide. Best wishes.
No-one can make you stay on medication, particularly when you have really unpleasant side effects. But your oncologist can advise on stopping cold or weaning off (I haven’t taken tamoxifen, I am on an AI so I can’t advise) and also if there may be any temporary side effects from stopping - just so you know. He/she may of course try and get you to persist but with potentially another six years to go, that’s not his/her problem, it’s yours and you are the one to decide. Best wishes.