Chemo and/or Dexmethesone side effects
hi everyone, sorry I haven't been active on here for a while but I developed side effects after 1st chemo (A+C and Dexmethesone for anti nausea) with slight tremor of neck, head, hands,legs GP and I ...
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HI @Sirrah,
I have just copied this from another discussion I posted it in. Pretty much sums it up though. It has gotten better with time and a lot of brain training apps, crossword puzzles and bucket loads of vitamin B. I take the Tamoxfen 3 months on and 3 weeks off (it's not recommended but it's how I deal with it). My BC was 90% both ER and PR positive so I do the best I can.
May I just add a little to the brain fog issue? Verbal memory and I think they call it executive functioning is impacted as well. For example, mixing two words together, losing words totally, starting a sentence and then just forgetting what you were going to say half way through. There are a lot of us around here describing every day items as the thingamajiggy or whatchamacallits.
Multi tasking is sometimes very difficult and the ability to focus under pressure is regularly non existant. This leads to being anxious because you can't think and feel like a complete idiot and then the worry makes it worse. There have been times I have had to leave my desk for 10 minutes until I can think again. There are days I choose not to drive because I don't trust my own judment. There are times I do not participate in conversations because I am bound to say something stupid or completely forget things that I know I know. Within a week to 10 days of not taking Tamoxifen I am back to very close to perfectly normal. It's a whole lot more than being a bit foggy.
I have just copied this from another discussion I posted it in. Pretty much sums it up though. It has gotten better with time and a lot of brain training apps, crossword puzzles and bucket loads of vitamin B. I take the Tamoxfen 3 months on and 3 weeks off (it's not recommended but it's how I deal with it). My BC was 90% both ER and PR positive so I do the best I can.
May I just add a little to the brain fog issue? Verbal memory and I think they call it executive functioning is impacted as well. For example, mixing two words together, losing words totally, starting a sentence and then just forgetting what you were going to say half way through. There are a lot of us around here describing every day items as the thingamajiggy or whatchamacallits.
Multi tasking is sometimes very difficult and the ability to focus under pressure is regularly non existant. This leads to being anxious because you can't think and feel like a complete idiot and then the worry makes it worse. There have been times I have had to leave my desk for 10 minutes until I can think again. There are days I choose not to drive because I don't trust my own judment. There are times I do not participate in conversations because I am bound to say something stupid or completely forget things that I know I know. Within a week to 10 days of not taking Tamoxifen I am back to very close to perfectly normal. It's a whole lot more than being a bit foggy.