Anastrazole and anxiety

Posted by momandrph048 @momandrph048, Jun 14, 2023

Has anyone else taking an aromatase inhibitor been dealing with crying very easily, and anxiety that comes out of nowhere?? It doesn’t seem to be related to anything, it just appears out of the blue.. My oncologist has me on Effexor, but it doesn’t seem to be doing that much and I really don’t want to increase my dose.. Can anyone share a similar story? Counseling isn’t really for me, I just need to deal with it on my own, and I really feel that the medication is the reason for it.. Mostly because my dr had me stop it for a couple weeks due to joint pain and everything got better.. Thanks for your input!

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Laurie, Volunteer Mentor | @roch | 1 day ago

In reply to @danielleboily "I've been on anastrazole for over 1 month and I just stop taking because of my..." + (show)

@danielleboily

I see your new member to Mayo Connect, welcome. Similar to you, I could not tolerate anastrozole, but it was due to other side effects.

Have you talked to your your oncologist about alternatives? There are other options.

danielleboily | @danielleboily | 1 day ago

Thank you,
I will be seeing a n oncologist In december,I'm from Quebec and healt care is often slow.
I'm 81trs old without a personal doctor.

zeppy | @zeppy | 15 hours ago

In reply to @auntieoakley "They can definitely affect our quality of life. I wish there was another way to reduce..." + (show)

Thank you for your response. I did discuss with my oncologist, but for right now I am just going without to monitor my symptoms, to see if they were truly caused by the anastrozole.