VM After Breast Cancer Treatment (Tamoxifen)?
Hi there! New to the group, and to VM in general.
My symptoms first began back in July '25, though I didn't recognize them for VM at the time (symptoms were fairly mild). While trying to diagnose, it was discovered that I had stage 1A breast cancer. Caught super early, highly treatable, did a lumpectomy followed by a few rounds of radiation and then an Rx for tamoxifen (estrogen blocker).
The second that I started the tamoxifen is when my symptoms became very clearly VM; horrible headaches, vertigo, nausea, sinus/ear pressure. I'm also perimenopausal, so that tips the scales further into me suspecting hormones are a big contributing factor.
Has anyone else here gone through this? I'm having a hard time convincing my care team that the tamoxifen could be the issue, but every time I stop the meds, symptoms get way better and then flare up again when I start the them again. I'd love to know if anyone else has gone through this so that maybe I'm not crazy?