Is there any one who felt good on Tamoxifen

Actually I felt great and even lost weight on tamoxifen I was on it for 2 years and then got placed on Arimidex which honestly has been hell for me, but I push through . Not everyone reacts the same to these drugs . Good luck and I am sorry you are in this "club" with the rest of us .

People who do well don't post about it. This is true for almost any physical/Medical issue.

After 3 years on Tamoxifen, I still have some joint sensitivity. That's about it for side effects. Getting there required finding the right generic and learning how to treat my knees etc. when they get sore.

I've been on Tamoxifen for a little over a month now and feel completely fine. I agree with ksusan that most people who don't do well are the ones that post. I think there are a lot more of us out there who handle it well.

At the moment I am doing pretty well on tamoxifen! There are side effects including dry eye, dry mouth, some vaginal atrophy, hair loss (and muscle cramps if I go off magnesium)...BUT the brutal fatigue and brain fog lifted recently! Fingers crossed it lasts. I'm wondering if it was pushing my diet further toward only plant-based. Whatever it is, I am sticking with it.

Doing Ahhh mazing on Tamoxifen. I don't know why, but I feel better on Tamoxifen. I had to go off while taking an antibiotic, and honestly I could not wait to go back on it. I am sure that I am the exception.

That Tamoxifen thread would scare the pants off anybody. I do have hot flashes but no other side effects. I started out on Arimidex which came with hot flashes AND joint pain so dealing with just hot flashes is nothing.

I started Tamoxifen one week ago and have been so frightened to start it reading all the horror stories on here. Yesterday I realized that estrogen and progesterone are what grew the cancer in me and this drug is what will stop it so I'm going to take each pill believing that it's good for me. That doesn't mean I won't be open eyed and address any SEs if they arise. This forum will be a great resource for that. But I've spent 5 months afraid: first of double mastectomies, then chemo, then exchange surgery..now this. Nice to hear success stories.

I felt fine on Tamoxifen. No SEs at all. Arimidex has been a different story

I've been on it for three years now. Main issue that I've had is muscle cramps that will wake me out of a deep sleep screaming in pain. My docs have checked my magnesium, potassium, etc and I've been on magnesium replacement for years also and I have good times and bad. The cramps will wander throughout my body (I had the start of a bad cramp on my left side earlier today) although they tend to spend more time in my legs and feet. Some of the time I can feel when they're starting and have medication I can take that helps reduce the severity of them but even that doesn't help some days. I haven't noticed much as far as mood swings, etc now that I've been on it for a while so that's been good.

I took it for 4 years. I had joint pain periodically and a lack of concentration every now and then but other than that pretty manageable. I started out with Arimidex and had no issues with it but my sister did. My MO switched me to Tamoxifen after 1 yearbecause Arimidex attacks the bones and I had osteopenia at the time.

Luckily for me my MO said I didn’t have to take it after my 5 years was up. Btw I’m 7 years out last August.

Diane

I feel a heck of a lot better than I did on Lupron and am AI. Thanks for asking!

I've been on Tamoxifen for almost 7 months now and would say that I feel good. Definitely struggled the first month, especially the first 2 weeks: headaches, insomnia, electric-like shocks in the treated breast (this SE is apparently rare). The headaches went away after the first 2 weeks, the insomnia improved after the first month and the shocks gradually decreased. Then I experience leg pain / cramps at night for a bit, but started taking Ca/Mg and that resolved those. I have had only 2 hot flashes since starting this drug (apparently I am one of the lucky ones when it comes to this common SE at least)! I still have trouble sleeping every now and then. It's hard to remember what life was like pre-BC, but honestly, I feel really good these days.

Wishing you the best of luck with your switch to Tamoxifen. Please let us know how you feel after the switch.

I have been on it for almost 3 months and notice moodiness if I miss exercising. During the fires it was smokey even in the gym and I missed a whole 5 days in a row and started to get irritable. Only other SE is heat flashes. Otherwise I feel fine so far. BTW I'm losing weight!

I agree with Falconer. Tamoxifen is much easier then AI's.