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I am 15 months post-op from stopping radiation treatment for breast cancer. 3 months ago I felt like my fatigue was lifting since starting Zoloft 25 mg. Now I've got fatigue back and feeling like I am depressed again and having some anxiety. I am going to 50 mg of Zoloft which I really didn't want to but I'm going to try it and see if it helps. Has anyone else had this issue with the fatigue and the depression and anxiety I know that it's from being taken off my hormones which I loved being on but I guess this is the way it is now. Also wondering when all these doctor's appointments will ever end it gets very depressing when you spend nine days out of the month out appointments.
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My fatigue finally lifted after about 1 1/2 yrs. What really kicked it was acupuncture. But also healthy yoga and pranayama helped too.
I do have my days though-
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I was wondering about acupuncture . I think I will just go back to my massage which I haven't done since my spine fracture again in April. I'm also in physio and I don't have coverage for stuff so it's a lot of money to put out
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1 ReactionI have been doing almost-weekly acupuncture since December with someone who specializes in onco patients, and love it. Helps me more with hot flashes and joint pain tho. The fatigue is super hard to shake. I had 3 weeks radiation in Nov/Dec and I’m on Letrozole, Zoladex, and Verzenio (the hardest one). I also take Lexapro for depression.
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1 ReactionTry to remember there is an end date for everything. The depression/anxiety prescription may need to be changed please let your doctor know as soon as possible. I am just a little ahead of the path you are on now. It does help telling someone your frustrations who also has/had cancer. I have a person she is my cousin’s cousin LOL. I asked and she agreed I just whine complain to her. I hear about her experiences from 10 years ago and I am thankful. All this hard stuff all these people medical/technical/administrative are there to SAVE my life and yours. Wonderful
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I belong to a breast cancer zoom group which meets weekly where we discuss things. Also I am seeing a counselor not as often as I'd like she's on vacation for 3 weeks now.
I cannot take the 50 mg of Zoloft the side effects are brutal so I'm dropping back down to 25 mg because my doctor is away until wed . I have nausea dizziness headache feeling like I'm going to explode out of my body so I do not think this is good. I will drop back down because I still have 25 mg pills and see how I feel this is my fourth medication we have tried I'm just so sick of it. It's been good for 3 months but I also had a new back fracture in April so I don't know if that's the cause of feeling down. Which it probably is. I will talk to my pharmacist tomorrow. My side effects were nowhere near this when I started the 25 mg.
I am extremely sensitive to medication. I had to take a medication in my twenties because of a lot of trauma that happened I did not have this kind of side effects back then at all although I know I am older now and things change. I would like to go back on my 5-HTP that I was taking through my naturopathic doctor because I felt great on that until I didn't and I think it needed to be increased a lot and I don't think she's really versed in that. Thank you for your kind words.
I'm taking anastrozole and Kisqali (ribociclib) for breast cancer. I take anastrozole in the morning--taking it at night disturbs my sleep. I've just changed to taking Kisqali at night--because when I took it in the morning, it seemed to make me extremely tired. So far, I haven't needed Zoloft or similar.