I have been on tamoxifen for four and a half years now and although I have had joint pain and feel like a 90 year old the anxiety is harder to deal with. In the beginning I woke every morning with a start, like an adrenaline rush, this has slowly changed to waking up to an overwhelming feeling a dread in the pit of my stomach, a worrying but irrational fear, I really having nothing to worry about. As I go about my day the feeling subsides, but I still am not my usual self. I am not depressed, I have a pretty good life and do not worry unduly that the cancer will return. But I would like to know if anyone else experiences this? Can anyone tell me if these feelings will go when I finish taking the tamoxifen? I would welcome any feed back.
Hello AnniK
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