Hi rich. I have been on tamoxifen about 4 -5 months now and i have noticed a huge difference in my moods. I am really fed up, dont want to socialise and i feel really depressed and no matter what i do or my hubby does i cant pull myself out of it. I am changing my antidepressant on monday to see if it helps. The problem with tamoxifen and other drugs like it, is, they mess up with your hormones which then buggers up your sex drive and moods. If your wife isnt on antidepressants it might be wise to speak to your family doctor. my doctor put me on them to help with my hormones when i was first diognosed
Unfortunately you end up taking more drugs to combat side effects. Hang in there and she will get sorted. I have found my oncologist is only intetested in the cancer side. My doctor deals with all the side effects
I hope it all works out for you sue
My wife has been on Tamoxifen and a monthly implant which is a kind of slow release pill which she has in her abdomen. She initially has stage 2 BC right breast tumour removed without breast removal. We used to have a great relationship but now after three years she is now paranoid about my work colleagues especially female ones. She actively looks for anything as simple as work instructions from a coordinator at work and reads it as being flirty when it is obvious that it is not. Deleting contacts from my work phone that are essential for my job and getting aggressive about female colleagues that she sees as a threat. I can no longer stay away or attend any company functions or show any signs of being happy at work as she sees this as a sign that I would rather be at work than at home. If I tell I will quit work then she sees this as me blaming her for ruining my career. I have been blamed for working to hard and she sees me as having no back bone because I have been committed to striving to provide for my family of two boys so I am hurt. She never was like this and I feel I lost a fun soul mate. I don’t know my wife anymore and she blames everything on me and this only began with Tamoxifen. I am being selfish when I say I have been cheated of my wife.
All gone wrong at this end…
My wife stopped taking anastrazole about 18 months ago, but I beleive the damage had already been done. Things got steadily worse resulting in her trying to stab me about six months ago. Im afraid the police were in volved and I am now as I write this about to sign my “statement in support of divorce”. Im heartbroken and destroyed…
People who know me beleive I should write a book…
Take care…
Pete, I get what you are saying. My experience is similar but my wife is now paranoid and constantly obsessed with my emails and texts etc alea
Pete, I get what you are saying. My experience is similar but my wife is now paranoid. It’s terrible because she was never like this before her post op medication.
I remember how my fiancee was worrying about getting married - I stayed around and was ready to help anytime. She had some troubles with being open, but I did everything to get her share her fears and I succeed. We got married a month later after her chemo (If someone is lloking for cambridge wedding photography, here’s the company that takes an active role in making a great occasions).