Greetings everyone, I’m really happy to find this discussion about withdrawal from an AI. I took anastrozole for 7 years and stopped in mid-November 2020. I just couldn’t deal with the side effects any longer. Since I stopped I’ve had some symptoms that I did not have while taking it!
Frequent headaches, intense hot flashes preceded by feeling so weak I have to lie down and much worse pain in my hips. On the bright side, I no longer have daily muscle spasms in my back, the brain fog is lifting and lately I’m sleeping at night for longer stretches of time - sometimes five hours!
I’ve searched online for information on withdrawal and I can’t find any formal studies, only a few message boards like this one, including one in the UK. I’m thinking that stopping suddenly may not be the best method, but no evidence based information exists.