Tamoxifen is destroying me

AngeinParis

Hello, I've just joined this group. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 (I'm now 46). I was lucky - just surgery and radiotherapy - no chemo. For the first year the side effects of Tamoxifen was pretty ok. But in the last 6 months I feel like I'm losing my mind. Insomnia, night sweats, anxiety. I've been awake most of the night and now here at 7am crying tears of self-pity and frustration. It's dark, it's cold and I just can't bloomin get a good night's sleep. I already have depression and I'm petrified it's going to get worse. Does anyone have any advice re. Tamoxifen etc. I live in France and the health system here is fantastic (I'm Irish) but navigating all the appointments etc in a foreign language is pretty tricky. My next 6 month checkup is on 13th December and to be honest I'm at the end of my tether.

Meow13

I was taking paxil during my treatment. It helps with some of the symptoms.