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Anyone experience mood swings and nervousness with Anastrozole?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 31 7:19am | Replies (70)Comment receiving replies
Absolutely have been experiencing anxiety and mood swings. I had lobular breast cancer, lumpectomy, and 33 radiation treatments. I was supposed to start on an AI but after a couple of try’s with two different ones, I stopped taking anything. Five years later I now have metastatic bone cancer and am taking Anastrozole and will be starting Ibrance this week. I should have endured the AI’s after all. I pray you do well and God bless you.. .
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Dear @shoefly :
I am so sorry for what you've been suffering through! My heart simply ached and prayers went out for you upon reading your post...
Thank you so much for sharing your experience to help us all! I truly admire your wisdom with courage and caring love that face the challenges of life in stride.
Wishing you all a better journey ahead with hope, love, and peace from above!
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@shoefly I am very sorry to hear that you have metastatic bone cancer. Please don't look back and blame yourself for not taking anastrozole. We all make decisions that seem right for us at the time. Everything, that I have read, indicates that taking anastrozole, letrozole or exemestane, reduces your risk of recurrence by 40 to 60%. With breast cancer, there are no guarantees. One of the many frustrating factors regarding aromatase inhibitors, is that we have no way of knowing, if they are working. Had you taken one of these drugs for 5 years, you could still have developed bone cancer. One wise and honest nurse practitioner told me that the chance of recurrence is never 0%, no matter what we do. If you were able to enjoy a good quality of life for 5 years, think of that time as a gift. I truly wish you and others, who are faced with a rough road ahead, better health in the future.