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Do side effects of Hormone therapy get better in time?

Destiny1286
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Hi,
I have breast cancer and am a high risk patient. I have severe depression and anxiety from the Antihormone meds. Already tried tamoxifen, letrozol. Now on exemestan. It always Starts after several weeks. Without them I am Ok. Antidepressants Do not work. Have already tried 16 of them due to a therapy resistent depression. But my condition was Ok until I started antihormone therapy.
Do you know if those side effects get better in time? Letrozol I took the longest with there months. Now I am in Werk 4 of exemestan.
I should take abemaciclib along side with it but cannot die to those heavy side effects...
 

Hope you can help me.
Regards

  • Welcome to the forum Destiny1286 although I'm sorry to hear of the difficulties you've been having. 

    I can't begin to imagine how tough this has been for you but I'm glad you've joined us as many of our members know how challenging it can be to live with some of the side effects this treatment can bring, so you are not alone and hopefully you will get to hear about their experiences soon.

    If you'd like to discuss this further with one of our cancer nurses, you can contact them on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very friendly, and supportive and will do all they can to help.

    We're thinking of you Destiny and hope things start to improve with Exemestane.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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