Night sweats are just awful!

ForHisGlory · January 2018

Ok some of you have posted strategies for dealing with night sweats and I can’t find the posts now. I had to take a 6 month break from tamoxifen and have now been back on for 6 months but either my tolerance is gone or they are just worse this time. I need help! Like how do you deal with getting up at 2am to use the rest room and you and your entire bed, sheets, covers is just soaked?! It’s worse around my cycle which has not stopped yet, I’m 46.

Also vaginal dryness seems to be worse this time, I use lubricant for intimacy but could use advice in this area too!

Also having to deal with possible lymph node recurrence and have testing next week (which is actually what led me back to this site) so I thought I would seek you alls help to find out what works!!! Thanks

Spookiesmom · January 2018

Effexor helped me some. Ask your MO for rx.

dtad · January 2018

ForHisGlory....So sorry you are suffering with night sweats. They are horrible. Look into both Relizen and Icool. Also check with your doc. Mine approved both and they did help. Good luck and keep us posted.

solacetea · January 2018

Gabapentin stopped my hot flashes and night sweats immediately.

ForHisGlory · January 2018

thanks! I will look into these options. My dr did give me a script for gabapentin for some nerve pain I was having but I never tried it. How much do you take? Any SE from it?

dtad · February 2018

ForHisGlory...I have taken gabapentin for nerve pain. The most common SEs are weight gain and swelling of hands and feet. I got both . Of course everyone is different. Good luck and keep us posted.

Micmel · February 2018

Effexor works for me too, wonderfully it is also an anti depressant, which I needed. Doesn't hurt to try different things. Then you can compare. Good luck. I know how awful they are. It helped for me almost over night. ~M~

Night sweats are just awful!

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