Hi,
Ive had treatment for 2 lots of breast cancer (in 2017 aged 38 and most recently a local recurrence in 2019 aged 40). I finished rads for the recurrence mid-Feb 2020, am back on tamoxifen for the foreseeable and I am struggling with severe low mood to the point where I can no longer tell if I'm just naturally exhausted or depressed after multiple years and rounds of treatment/surgeries or whether this is a tamoxifen side effect. Is there any way I can tell the difference between the two ? I really don't feel like I'm in my own mind anymore. I know I should be grateful as I'm "technically" NED right now, but I can't stop crying over nothing, the thoughts are becoming increasingly dark and I just can't shake them, they're taking over everything.
Is this depression? Or is this a tamoxifen thing? How would I be able to tell the difference?