Tamoxifen and Memory Loss

I'm just spitballing here, but it seems that estrogen depletion will lead to some memory loss, so it could be the Lupron.

Ladies who don't have cancer report memory loss as a part of the menopause.

And, yes, a lot of us ER/PR+ ladies here have been vaulted into senior moments by the various estrogen depleting maneuvers we have done/have had done to us.

Chemo can also impair cognition. Chemo fog is real.

Personally, I've had to keep a small notebook with me all the time to jot things into, and I have to check it each night. Also, get a big calendar that you can write on, and keep it in a prominent place and train yourself to update and check it daily (it also makes a nice record for medical appointments and treatment courses). I also found a pliable refrigerator magnetic whiteboard that has come in handy for household chores and shopping lists.

With all that, I still forget stuff. But, not quite as badly as if I had no coping mechanisms.

Best of luck.

Jennifer

I'm not on tamoxifen anymore, but am on Arimidex. Brain fog is definitely one of my symptoms. I guess you don't realize how much estrogen does for your body until it's gone!

I take Tamoxifen, and suffer from memory loss. However, cannot say Tamoxifen can be the cause of the memory loss . My last MRI revealed temporal and frontal lobe abnormalities, so mets is the cause. For me, I experienced less side effects with Tamoxifen.