I don't take tamoxifen but my neighbor does/did - she used Effexor to help with mood swings, although didn't love it. I had read - actually on this site - about rubbing lavender essential oil on your feet before bed to help with sleep. Was a little skeptical but it really works for me!

Hey sorry for answers late I was out of country I bean in tamoxifen for 4 years now and and I have exactly the symptoms that you have I deal with those symptoms everyday but let tell you that tamoxifen is one of the best MD what I doing for the fatigue is try to rest ether I don't have to much time because I'm a nurse but I try to rest and eat good I take vitamin and proteins and I drink lot of water I take vitamin b 12 and that give me lot of energy plus I go to the gym too so try to rest and eat thing that give you energy special in the morning

Wow so many comments about the negative side effects of this tamoxifen drug . I start taking it in a week or so . I hope that I end up just like LeslieEatonBaker .

OMG I was an emotional wreck. I am not a cryer normally and I was crying at commercials. I finally called my doctor and said no more. Plus I was having headaches that nothing touched. I would wake up in middle of night from said headaches. My oncologist finally did blood work to see where exactly my hormone levels were with menopause because they had me as perimenapase (I was having regular periods still in January before hysterectomy and the. Cancer diagnose April 1) and because I am 55. Turns out blood work showed I was definitely post menopause and could be on anestrolze (spelling). As soon as I stopped taking tamoxifen within a couple of days moods were back to normal and headache went away!

YES!! I expressed my concerns with my oncologist and decided to not take it. My PR and ER percents are 3% and 5% so there isn't much of a "reward". He offered 2 other options; Zoladex or do nothing. We opted for the do nothing and I must say I am so much happier!