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madubois63 · 10-09-2007, 10:40 AM

I took tamoxifen for 4 1/2 years. I was 36 when I started, and this was my first experience with hormonal changes. I did get hot flashes, but they did diminish over time. I also became very depressed and suicidal, but again this was my first big change in my hormonal levels. Zoloft stopped all the negative feelings pretty quickly. I gained weight from all the chemo and pre-meds, not the tamoxifen: but, I could not loose any weight no matter what I did thereafter. I took my meds at night, and had no problems.

10-09-2007, 10:40 AM	#4
madubois63 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: LI, NY Posts: 660	I took tamoxifen for 4 1/2 years. I was 36 when I started, and this was my first experience with hormonal changes. I did get hot flashes, but they did diminish over time. I also became very depressed and suicidal, but again this was my first big change in my hormonal levels. Zoloft stopped all the negative feelings pretty quickly. I gained weight from all the chemo and pre-meds, not the tamoxifen: but, I could not loose any weight no matter what I did thereafter. I took my meds at night, and had no problems. __________________ Maryann Stage IV Inflammatory BC 1/00 Mod Rad Mastectomy 24nod/5+ Adriomycin Cytoxin Taxol Tamoxifen 4 1/2 yrs Radiation - 32 x Metastatic BC lung/liver 10/04 thorocentesis 2x - pleurodesis Herceptin Taxatiere Carbo Femera/Lupron BC NED 4/05 chemo induced Acute Myeloid Leukemia 5/06 Induction/consolidation chemo bone marrow transplant - 11/3/06 Severe Host vs Graft Disease of liver BC mets to lung 11/07 Fasoladex Herceptin Zometa Xeloda GVHD/Iron overload to liver Avascular Necrosis/morphine pump 10/10 metastatic brain tumor steriotactic radiosurgery