Headaches! Help :(

IrishEyes39

I've not yet finished my first month on Tamoxifen and am already considering stopping it.

Since I started it, I've been unable to sleep without taking tons of things to help (klonopin, melatonin, & muscle relaxers at the same time), and even then I wake after a few hours. This has been killing me but I decided I would try changing my dosage timing and wait and see if it improved with time.

Now, though, I've started getting horrible headaches. They never really go away, but they are in the background in the morning and worsen later on. I can take Fioricet AND 800 mg ibuprofen AND Excedrin Migraine AND a muscle relaxer and only experience 50% relief. Always on the right side, always behind the eye. My eye hurts to move and when I press on it. The headaches are severe as migraines, but feel different.

I can't take it anymore. It has been going on for 1.5 weeks, with only ONE morning where I was without a headache in all that time.

I talked to GP about it and he recommended the Fioricet. Plastic surgeon told me to talk to MO, but I don't see her again for a few months and am now wondering if there is even a point. Obviously, the headaches can't be helped with the medications I've been using, and I can't take something like percocet and work/drive.

Anyone here have headaches that went away after a period of time or found a trick that helped (timing, herb, anything at all)?

Also, if you have any sleeping tips, I'd love to hear those also

cjafarm

I was experiencing headaches also Started thinking all of these medications were slowly making me dehydrated. Increased my fluids and headaches gradually decreased/were eliminated

MelissaDallas

Irish, I had perimenopausal migraines, so the headaches may very well be hormonal from the tamoxifen, but melatonin also gives me killer headaches. It also makes me extremely anxious and snappy/testy if I take it for more than a couple of days.

Goodie16

I also had headaches on Tamoxifen. I found taking it first thing in the morning and staying VERY hydrated throughout the day helped some. My onc said it was a common SE of estrogen deprivation and that basically the tamox was working.

Spookiesmom

Check in with your PCP and dentist. May not be related to tamoxifen.