I dont want to go symptoms and conditions

Hi all,

I am 53 and from the UK. I was on Lisinopril for 13 years. First 5mg, later 10mg then a few weeks ago 20mg as my BP was 169/90. Afetr 8 days of taking this dose I felt strange and felt as if I was about to fall down when walking. Also had a feeling I was kinda walking sideways if that makes sense. Anyway, went for check-up with health worker at docs surgery and after 8 days on this stuff instead of my BP being reduced it was up to 210/120. The health worker took my BP 5 times and looked cncerned while trying to reassure me not to be concerned. She went of to consult the senior practice nurse and made me an appointment for the next day to see my GP. The next day I told my GP how I was feeling and he said he didn't know why my BP had gone higher on the double dose of Lis but to continue taking it along with nother drug he prescribed called Amlodipine 5mg, a calcium channel blocker. After another couple of days I felt very ill. Palpitations, dizzy, and a feeling every ten minutes or so as if my chest was puncched from the inside, a very uncomfortable feeling indeed. I decided on a process of ilimination and stopped the Lis but kept taking the latter drug. Almost imedietly I felt better even though my BP was round about 146/85. I started to realize that symptoms I had for 13 years were probably due to the Lis. Symptoms including, waking suddenly, literally choking on acid as my throat closed in a spasm, Strange nightmares, food sticling halfway down my gullet causing extreme discomfort etc. On top of this, nearly two years ago I was diagnosed with auto immune disease and had radioactive iodine treatment on an overactive thyroid, an overactive thyroid that instead of making me lose weight, made me put it on. A while later I was diagnosed as having type two diebetes which I tried to control with diet. Now since stopping the Lis my blood sugar readings have never been better, in fact I wonder now if I was ever diebetic at all. The most upsetting thing is, I now wonder if the thyroid malfunction was caused by the Lis. I feel much better like a veil has been lifted from my mind, no longer moody or having foggy thinking. I hope I have not gone on too long. I wish you all luck with your meds. I have started taking Hawthorn berry capsules which it's claimed help to lower BP naturally. My BP today is 140/80 but does fluctuate.
Lawrence

I know everything al of you say is true its just so difficult going thru this Dejay told me her doctor said that the chemicals in the brain get altered by the pill and that scares me so much. I dont want to go on a anti depressant I just want to get back on my own but Iam a mess.

Reading this forum everyday is the only thing keeping me going.

I went back to the ER last night because that thing on the roof of my mouth is so weird its like a flap of skin but its thick I was so afraid it was cancer it seems whenever I get something it is magnified 100x I just have all these things happening and I dont know what they are. I was perfectly healthy happy take charge on the go woman.

Now I cant do anythign its so scary.

The ER said they think its a benigh growth perhaps a ulcer or a canker but its attached to the roof of my mouth and its not a piece of skin its pretty thick like a nickel so scary.

Iam at 6 weeks now and you guys all say 2-3 months I hope thats true.

Sad Kim

i have been on yasmin since june and it has worked wonders on my cramps but i have one problem. I never want to have sex anymore. If my boyfriend touches me i freak out. I get sad more often and i dont want to do anything. My energy level is low. I dont want to go off the pill but it is killing a part of my relationship

I cant believe this I just got married two months ago and thought i had post marriage depression..I havent enjoyed my time married at all.I dont want to have sex, I have no energy, my hair is falling out, i have vaginal dryness, im in a cloud, i have been eating more than my husband with weird cravings. all my husband (who i dated for 6 years) tell me is im not myself, im mean have mood swings, i dont want to go out with our friends..because sometimes sitting in a chair is just an effor for me. He got so worried he sent me to the doctor last week..their testing me for everything under the sun...so I do a search thinking it may have something to do with the BC..i cant believe all these side effects.. How long do they last for and what can you take to help resolve these issues..I was ready to see a shrink because my entire family is worried about me..but I feel exactly like this..Im not taking my dose tonight and ill call my OB in the AM

Like so many other people on this website - i too have traveled through the medical profession from one doctor to another and have had no success getting to the bottom of all of this. I am so sick of it. I started on Advair 250/50 about 8 months ago and my life has basically gone down hill from there. I have been to Neurologists, Gastro doctors, had MRI's, Upper & Lower GI's, ultersounds and many blood tests. I am happy to report that I went off of Advair about 3 weeks ago - but my symptoms have not gone away. I will say that they are getting better. There were many times that I thought I was dieing or would rather have died than lived the way I have been living. I know that I need to get another doctors opinion but I dont want to go through more testing.
I am 33 years old and would really like my life back. I have a husband and two children. We are a very active family and I need like I have lost control of my body. I want to be able to enjoy my family again without all the aches and pains.

I was basically not functioning for 3 - 4 months of my treatment during the worst of it. My legs would give out on me. I ended up in the emergency room because my whole left side went numb. They told me that it was all in my head and to check with my neurologists. What a joke. My whole body felt like I had the flu all the time.

I still have the bloated stomach - painful at times
fatigue
heartburn and reflux
weight gain across the abdomen
pain/aches across my upper chest area, shoulder and back

If anyone has had any success getting rid of there side effects I would love to hear from you. Also if anyone has had success with alternate medicine - please let us know.

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