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Aromatase Inhibitors and ocular migraines

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I've had occasional ocular migraines (no headache, thankfully) in the past. Started anastrozole about 3 months ago. In the past month, I've had about 1 ocular migraine per week. They don't last long (15 minutes, maybe) but they disturb my vision significantly. If the past, if one started when I was driving, I'd pull over until it went away. They disturb my vision enough that close work, e.g. reading, isn't possible. Either I do something else, e.g. load the dishwasher, or else I just lie down until they go away. At the moment, they are just a nuisance. I just hope they don't become more frequent, last longer, or get worse in some other way.

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You just described my experience during the first few months with anastrozole. It went away after a while but I had to switch to exemestane because of the finger stiffness, so bad that I couldn’t pull my blanket up at night. I did occasionally experience ocular migraines in the past without pain. Exemestane worked better for me until it caused petechiea on my calves. So now I’m on Letrozole. So far so good. For me, side effects usually happened after a few months and they got worse. The ones that appeared right away would go away after a while. So hang in there. Hopefully it’ll go away eventually.