These past few nights, I have been waking up in the middle of the night - not only sweating - but almost panting because I have had the worst night terrors. It feels so silly, like I'm a little kid, but they are the worst!
Last night, I was dreaming that I was with my co-worker and I started to drift away in the sky. She stayed on the ground, but was trying to hold me down. Finally, I couldn't hold on and I started drifting over the ocean and knew there was no way for me to be saved. My co-worker looked up at me and said "Kara, I think you're going to die." I quickly woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. How horrible!?!
I woke Nate up and needed some spooning, but I just felt so horrible.
Then, went back to sleep to have another dream that Nate and I were hanging with friends and he just kept walking away from me. Kept leaving me behind. It was awful!
The night before, I had dreams that I was running away, away from something chasing me!
So I went to work this morning, still thinking about why I'm having these horrible dreams. I started talking to my friend Justin and he mentioned that sometimes taking medicine before bed can give you side effects.
It clicked! Tamoxifen!
I googled "Tamoxifen and Bad Dreams" - and what did I find?
66% of people who have been taking Tamoxifen for 2-5 years have bad dreams!
Over 325,000 results and many sites and blogs of people saying they have bad dreams due to Tamoxifen!
So for those of you who are on Tamoxifen, take it in the morning!
I'm going to :)
Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has been having really bad night terrors. I'm 30 years old. Was diagnosis in April 2011 with breast cancer. It's been 1 year already being on Tamoxifen. Hot flashes like crazy, but the main things I'm in remission.
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