Hello every one my name is mary kate and I’ve just had my second injection of zoladex today. I have been very tired recently and have just started to have hot flushes again after they had just settled down on tamoxifen. How does zoladex effect you?
Hi Mary Kate
Zoladex puts you into a temporary menopause so you will have the same symptoms as the menopause. Unfortunately as it happens so quickly, whereas a natural menopause takes several years to ‘wind down’ the ovaries, they can be quite severe. I had Zoladex about 4 years ago and the 1st 12 months were bad for hot flushes but calmed down after that. I also used to have achey ankles 1st thing in the morning which I know was down to the Zoladex as when I stopped it so did they even tho’ I was still on Tamoxifen. The things that helped me were wearing natural fabrics (and no long sleeves!), using a Magicool spray (from Boots/chemists etc) and having a fan by the bed at night if it got worse. There are some threads on here about a Chillow but I haven’t tried one out. Luckily wine didn’t seem to make them any worse so at least I could cool down with a nice glass of white wine! Afterwards (2 years) I did get my periods back if this is any help to you despite being told that my age (41) may mean I’d go straight into my natural menopause.
Hope things don’t get too bad and pray for a cool summer 
Nicky
Same here, ive been having Zolodex for 3 years now and i have gained so much weight, the hot flashes have gone now but at first i felt like i was in a sauna all day it was horrible, also i now have aches in my joints but i think thats to do with Arimidex aswell…so apart from the flab im constantly fighting (may have something to do with my cake consumption there doh!) its not too bad…keep with it it should calm down after a while.
Hi Mary Kate
I had my second Zoladex injection two weeks ago.
The hot flushes have definately increased although in the day they are over pretty quickly. Its just the night times that are a pain. I wake up a couple of times usually absolutely sweating like a pig! I wear cotton PJ’s but haven’t tried anything else yet…
Having said that we went away to Italy last week and as it was really hot (just what I needed!) we left the aircon on in the room all night - guess what I didn’t wake up! I am sure I still had the sweats it was just that the temperature in the room obviously stopped me from getting so hot.
I am on Arimidex as well so I am not really sure which drug is causing which side effect!
Hope you feel better soon.
Totty x