Oh God, I've never known my mood to be so up and down, today I've felt totally overwhelmed with stress and I put it down to the Hormone tabs, I've even thought today I'll just have to stop them. I thought the Femara was better than Letrozole for mood swings but not today. I'm so overwhelmed by it all, and I'm even totally stressed about distant mets.
Owww peterawake,
I am sorry you are feeling like this, please don't put it all down to the Femara.... it could be your bodies reaction to having less oestrogen in your body. Maybe even a type of PMT (after) type symptom. Our bodies have gone though such a lot and then with the addition of the tablet to take out our hormones (to stop any of the BC coming back and having anything to feed on).
My thoughts are 'we all have down days', we have gone thought so much, feeling like this may be a mixture of 'both' what we have and are going though and our body's reaction to having less eostrogen (at least we know it's doing its job).
I have had ups and downs - mainly anger issues, but somehow I haven't put it down to the letrozole, I have put it down to my inner anger at what has happened, I find I am a lot less tolerant (believe me, I was so laid back before all this) and I can flip at any given time... if pushed.
Try and drink plenty of water, be kind to yourself, try and get out a walk for 10 to 15 minutes, you will be surprised at how just that 10-15 minutes can help lift you.
Also, consider how you was previously at 'the time of the month' - maybe our bodies still have an inbuilt clock that we 'have ups and downs during various times of the month' all playing a part in how we feel (without even knowing).
Sending you gently hugs - if all else fails .... maybe we should all get a punch bag xxx
