I ache from head to toe!

Sunflower64

hi girls,

i need some help with my pain. i finished chemo in october. chemo put me in menopause. i had to go off of cymbalta in december because i couldn't take it with tamoxifen. about 2 weeks after i stopped the cymbalta my body just ached terribly. i asked my onco and she said it is probably cymbalta withdrawal.

how long does this last?  i am still aching and i can't sleep at night! i take advil every night before bed. she also said it could be lack of estrogen and that i didn't go through menopause gradually. i was just put into menopause from the chemo quickly. i don't know but i'm thinking this pain should be letting up by now! i can hardly stand up from a sitting position. my legs hurt so bad.

any input would be helpful.

thanks,

diane

Cowgirl13

Diane, i'm sorry to hear you are going thru all this physical pain.  The first thing I would suggest is to get back on an antidepresant that agree's with Tamoxifen.  

Timing wise, did you stop the cymbalta at the same time you started Tamoxifen?

Lizzie 

nowords

I finished chemo in June and radiation in Spetember. Started Tamoxifen in July. I was put into chemo induced menopause. I had joint pain and pain that kept me up and hated the pain meds. I think time and 30 to 45 minutes of exercise a day helped me...I also took glucosamine tablets but once I really started exercising I found that I did not need them. I have not taken anti-depressants so can not address that. I do know that the pain became bad for me when I went into instant menopause....8 months into the tamoxifen I hate that it slows the metabolism, but the worse thing for me is the way it screws up the brain...I have read a few posts that say that got better in a year or so...we'll see.