I’m 4 years post ER+ breast cancer and I’m looking for things to help with cognitive function. I’m aware of the usual muscle benefits of creatine but I keep hearing positive feedback about it for brain fog etc.
Dr Google tells me it can be contraindicated after BC. Has anyone had any advice around this?
I was treated for ER+ breast cancer 4 years ago. Wide local excision and 5 days radiotherapy.
I couldn’t tolerate the Letrozole due to the impact on my mental health, and with the agreement of my oncologist came off it. This wasn’t an easy decision but I’m having yearly MRIs and mammograms and was advised I low risk so I did so after a lot of thought.
I have since been diagnosed with adhd and am taking methylphenidate with some success.
I’m struggling massively however with low mood, overwhelm, mood swings and emotional disregulation which caused me to give up work at the end of 2025. I’ve tried increasing my SSRI without success and my psychiatrist says that increasing my adhd meds wouldn’t be of any further benefit so I am currently waiting for a referral to a menopause specialist.
My oncologist has said she’d be ok with me looking at HRT and there’s some reassuring research looking at HRT after breast cancer.
My mental health is massively affecting my daily life and I feel like I’m a shadow of my former self.
Has anyone any experience or seen research that might help me in all of this? Everything I read online talks about vasomotor symptoms which I don’t have, and I’m worried I’ll be told it’s pointless having HRT for MH symptoms (even though I know the link between oestrogen and dopamine is well accepted now). This was the line the GP was taking and I really had to push for a referral.
I literally wake up and register how I’m feeling and it never really goes away. Good or bad, it’s what I think about. The worse I’m feeling the more distressing it gets and I’m sick of constantly monitoring how I’m feeling. On top of all the other things it’s really exhausting.
I do overthink other topics and often can’t feel better until I’ve actually done something about it. That’s ok if it’s small but I ended up cutting off a family member once because I was going insane thinking about them and how they’d aggrieved me.
The minute I posted the letter, the weight of it all literally disappeared. It had become overwhelming though.
Since being diagnosed with adhd it’s like I can’t stop thinking about it. The medication helps in many ways, but sometimes I wish I’d never heard of adhd.