One month on Lupron

After a little over one month of my 45 mg injection of Lupron (six month's worth), I think I'm now fully into the side effects. After about 10-12 days of the injection I would get very tired in the afternoons, tired enough to sit in my recliner and take about an hour nap. Just in the last week or so, I realized I wasn't tired to the point of needing an afternoon nap, very thankful for that small improvement.

In the last few days hot flashes (the sweats) have come on with a vengeance, sometimes I'm getting them as frequently as every 20 minutes or so 24 hours a day. The onset is almost guaranteed by drinking a hot beverage (no surprise there) or physical activity/being in the sun. These are very annoying especially considering this might be the new norm for many months to come.

Sleeping is difficult, I'm awake about once an hour (I track my sleep with my Fitbit device) and throwing the covers off, pulling them back up, repeat. I'm lucky to get 8 hours of sleep, usually it's around 7 hours. In the last week, only one time did I manage >= 8 hours of sleep.

Thanks - I'll see what's out there that might help.

Forgot to mention changes in my appetite - I read where weight gain was a common SE. Early on my taste buds seemed to get a little confused, food that used to taste good all of a sudden didn't taste good. I was hungry but didn't want to eat much. Then those sensations disappeared and now I'm hungry almost all of the time - if I gave into the hunger I would certainly overeat and turn into blimp.

I found my first few hot flashes amusing. But they got old real fast. I took neurotonin to help with the hot flashes. It might have taken the edge off a little, but it didn't stop them.

How long are you slated for the HT? At the end of the day it's bearable, but not real fun...