Quick poll on TAMOXI - day or night and weight loss
Hi,
I'm trying to find an explanation or reason to explain the fact that I can't loose any weight since I started the TAMOXI.
I managed to shed a few pounds and the only thing I changed was the time that I took the pill.
This thread is a quick poll. The questions are:
When do you take the pill. Morning or Night?
Are you loosing/gaining/keeping your weight.
Any other advice, theories or help are welcome
I'll start:
1. Morning
2. keeping same weight.
Comments
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What a great idea. I'll jump in.
1. Morning
2. Keeping same weight
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1. Night
2. Was gaining, now staying level
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1. Night
2. Keeping same weight.
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Could you maybe put how long you've been on it?
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half pill in morning and half pill at night 10mg + 10 mg.
Gained at first...lost a few but not all of it and now leveled off
I've been on the Big T since 09-09 so 16 months
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20 mgs in the am...
i have managed with exercise and healthy eating to have lost 20 lbs in 4 months ! (mostly gained during chemo)
hot flashes are awful, but hopefully the pill is saving my life ~
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Great thread! I'll be starting soon and hope to be able to add to the "lost weight" category. (runs to knock on wood ~ which may include my head considering my irrational optimism!!
Way to go Alicia!! Keep it up!! .. or should I say "down"!
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Hey All,
I have been on T for exactly a year.
No hot flashes or SE apart from the stuck weight. Not complaining terribly, just a little frustrated.
A dietitian that I used to see believes the weight loss happens at night, so I started to theorize that maybe those taking the T at night were loosing weight.
Let's see if we can make a mini statistics thread
WOW Alicia. way to go!!!
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I take it at night - gained weight at first, now staying the same. Just joined Weight Watchers this week..............so will keep you posted!!
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I take mine in the am. Lost weight at first (but I also got divorced) gained it back now on WW and eating better so I'm slowly loosing.
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Take a pill jn the morning and night
gained weight and have been taking it for 14 months. i am trying to lose weight but I have been sick with the flu the last two weeks so I am hoping to getr on the rear by next week
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1. Have been taking 20 mg dose in morning since 8/2008.
2. Have lost 30 pounds since starting Tamoxifen through Weight Watchers and workouts.
3. and I can't sleep. . . .
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oh yes I am with Meg can't sleep..... hot flashes wake me nearly every hour.
HOT HOT HOT and then freezing. lovely ~
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1. 20 mg at night (started June 2010)
2. Lost weight at first (10 lbs.) , now staying level
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Oh, forgot to add:
I've been on it for 13 months
1. Night
2. Gained at first, but leveled off and staying the same
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Been on tamox since July 2010
1. 20 MG at night, after supper
2. Losing weight (sloooowly) through diet & exercise
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Only been on 3 months
Gaining weight...was taking mid day but now taking in the morning. Increased appetite.
20 mg
Daily exercise...but gained 8 lbs...also have tissue expanders (water weight?
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I have been on Tamoxifen since July of 2009...just after chemo and surgery and before radiation. Did not gain on chemo. Took 20mg every night. Lost during rads then went back up to my pre cancer weight. Stable for awhile but not eating much and hungry all the time...started to gain no matter what even on WW. Now I split it and take 1/2 tab in the mid a.m. and 1/2 before bed. The Onc. does not think it does anything but I feel better all the way around doing it. I also started strength training twice a week and I have dropped 8 pounds. in 10 weeks...eating more, but trying to eat healthy most of the time.
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Been on it 7 months. Lost 7 pounds initially, due to major diet change. No change in weight since then. Take it at night.
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3 months, Have been cutting it in half. Trying to avoid major chest and side pain. Minor hot flashes but major joint pain and chills. Needless to say losing weight.
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Have been on tamox since 9/2009. My weight started fluctuating by 5 to 7 pounds, which is a lot for me. Then over the course of a weekend, I gained 10 lbs. It was water. Took a couple of diuretics and cut my salt intake substantially (and I love salt) and weight has been holding steady since. If I have a particularly salty meal, I will be a couple of pounds heavier the next day. Put on a couple of pounds over the holiday (fat, not water) and I was able to take it off the same as I did before tamox - calorie restriction and extra cardio. Other than the water retention, I don't think the tamox has impacted my weight at all. Also, take it at night.
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I've been taking it for 14 months now. I've tried morning, splitting 1/2 in the morning 1/2 at night, evening, bedtime trying to ease the SE's. I've now settled on bedtime.
20mg at bedtime, losing weight very slowly due to more exercise & cutting back on diet. Have lost 18 pounds so far & wanting to get down another 10.
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1. Morning
2. No weight change.
Hot flases are tolerable except when I get a hot flash I itch terribly. Anyone else? I've only been on it 6 weeks and will start rads next month. I heard you're not supposed to try to lose weight on rads. Any comments.
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1) Have been taking 10mg morning and 10mg before sleep since Feb 2009.
2) Slow weight gain to pre cancer weight. Have been exercising regularly but can't seem to shed off. Weight now level off.
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Grandma, I too get almost like prickly heat when I have a hot flash, luckily I have very few since starting on gabapentin. I wasn't told anything about weight while on rads, but I was walking everyday & eating quite healthy.
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I take my Tamox in the evening with dinner
I am loosing weight
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mornings
was able to lose the weight gained (10 pounds) during chemo. Now back to normal weight. Currently not gaining, not losing.
on tamox for 13 months
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It seems we all are so different in the effects of Tamoxifen and when we take it.
I tried mid day and now mornings. I don't like mornings at all (gee did I mention that before)???
I'm going to try taking it before bed for awhile and see if that helps my stomach issues and fatigue.
Jan
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Hi All,
No real conclusions for now.
Yes we are very different but it seems to me more are loosing weight while taking it at night/evening or splitting.
Of course diet and exercise make a difference, but I'm doing it with no change in weight.
Going to try switching to evening. How do you think I should do it? Is there an overdose of T?
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MaiTai:
I took mine this morning so I'll start taking tomorrow night. Don't double dose on this med.
I'm waiting until the next day.
Jan
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