Arimidex - Coping with the SE's

j smiley, I think your fatigue is from the rads.  Mine hit in a delayed fashion exactly two months afterwards and i was on tamoxifen which did not affect me at all.

Rest when you need to, it will pass off.  Exercise helps but not when you are that tired.

I don't have any fatigue from arimidex whatsoever. However!  It is important to check your thyroid levels or to get a test.  Many women have thyroid issues change or occur after chemo/rads/hormone meds, it is more common than is known. 

Also get your D levels checked.  I was already taking D3, but tested so low they had to supplement me.  Now I'm bouncing off the walls.

Armidex does bounce around.  If your elbows hurt this week, don't pay it too much attention.  Next week it'll be something else.  It settles down a bit with time.

Good luck

Thanks guy!!! I feel so much better knowing I'm not crazy or a hypochondriac! I have been resting off and onsince August. I got finished w my Bachelors degree in August, so did rads and some volunteer workand have been looking for a job lately. Maybe I need to rest more........we will see.

Thanks for all your input!

Wow Jeanne, I'm tired just thinking of everything you are doing!

Ruth - and don't forget strong bones from all those prunes .... or is that another thread!:):)

wait, there is chocolate involved, here?  where was I?

Preferably dark chocolate works better  for us as it written  in a magazine but how far it is good I cant figur it out but  I am regularly  taking atleast one/two  bite daily  . i loved it.

Sounds like a business opportunity to me. BTW Walgreens had Giardelli 70% cocoa dark chocolate squares on sale 2/$5. I stocked up....

I believe that the French and Belgians make that confection, but they soak the prunes in Armagnac first!  The French also do a tarte aux pruneaux. 

No reason not to eat the prunes whatever way works best.  My fave is cooked in a bit of brandy and sugar, with a spot of cream on top.

On the topic of supplements, Trader Joe's calcium chews are a lot tastier than the can of Viactiv I have.  No wonder I keep "forgetting" to eat them.  I need to work on the theory that the sooner I eat them, the sooner I can move on to something tastier.  I have heard that Whole Foods has yummy chocolate ones.  I will be checking that one out.

I take mine in the morning, I find that I sleep better than taking it at night.

Same here - I take mine in the morning.  I tried taking it at night for a while but then my legs wouldn't stop bicycling!  Probably good for the leg muscles, not so good for sleep and my sanity!

Thanks, I'll try it in the morning first then, I have enough problems sleeping as it is! My doc just told me about soy yesterday, real soy foods are ok, pills & supplements are not.

rajkumari, you are right:  your midnight is our noon, depending on exactly where you are in India and where we are in the Western Hemisphere.  I am in the Central Time Zone in the U.S., so it's pretty close to a 12-hour difference.  I guess that means you are sound asleep as I write this! 

I tried taking my Arimidex in the morning, but, like sunflowers, I also have to take thyroid medication (Synthroid) in the morning. Also, like you, my morning schedule is pretty hectic -- so I sometimes forgot to take the Arimidex until after lunch.  I switched the Arimidex to evening, and take it when I take my cholesterol med.  I don't think the Arimidex affects my sleep any more at one dosage time than the other.  I do seem to have some problems sleeping soundly, but it's because of odd aches and pains that wake me up in the middle of the night.  If I take an Advil (ibuprofen) or Aleve before I go to bed, I sleep much better.

I should mention that I haven't taken brand-name Arimidex since late October -- I switched to generic anastrozole then, and I haven't seen any difference in side effects at all.

otter

Thanks all, I'm going to start it tomorrow, couldn't seem to get the nerve up today. I do want to take it and know it's the best thing.