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Symptoms after being taken off HRT
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So since I've been taken off hrt because of hormone positive breast cancer. I'm having debilitating hot flashes mood swings, depression and this tingling in the back of my head along with anxiety. My lovely g p took away my lorezepam .5mg Which I take for tinnitus and my anxiety. I have made another appointment to get this or get something else for anxiety. Wondering, if anyone else has had this tingling in their head? It's sort of freaking me out. I would do anything to go back , hrt .
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@gravity3
Well it was not stop slowly over time it was stopped the day they told me I had cancer my GP was not the best I no longer go to him. Yes that is why my symptoms have been so severe or were they aren't as bad now since I've been on my medication
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1 Reaction@sue417
So glad you are doing better now.
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1 ReactionHello. Back in October of last year, my letrozole and lupron was removed from my treatment due to being on it for 8 years... now I am experiencing severe depression and anxiety to the point where I cannot eat and all I do is worry, I have some similar reactions like you.
@tinarenee1211
I'm not sure if you were responding to my post but I was actually on hormones. Estrogen and progesterone I was not on hormone blockers after my surgery. But I am taking an antidepressant now mild because my symptoms were so severe menopause and being pulled off the hormones it took a bit to get used to but it's good feel better than I did before. Just taking 50 mg of Zoloft. I tried four different antidepressants and this was the only one that I didn't get side effects from.
I came off oestrogen only HRT about five weeks ago before having a breast mri for surveillance (BRCA2 positive). they found an ‘abnormality’ of calcification in one breast only and am recalled for a further mri and guided biopsy next week. For that they said to stay off the HRT, so essentially I have had to go cold turkey and am finding the hot flushes, weariness and brain fog a real trial.
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1 ReactionExact same symptoms , for the exact same reason( breast cancer diagnosis) but also experiencing chronic diarrhoea, three weeks on. Thank you for sharing your experience, as this is all new to me
@soulburger
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My GP ended up putting me on 50 mg of Zoloft it's a huge difference I feel like myself I've been on it since a year ago April. It took trying four different meds before I found one that I didn't have severe symptoms too. My menopause symptoms all settled my anxiety settled. Good luck to you it's a long road.