Polycystic kidneys symptoms and conditions

So I just read through a few of these and have to admit a similar story. I am 26 years old and have hereditary high blood pressure due to polycystic kidneys. My doctor put me on 20mg at first. I have always been an avid exerciser and after about 3 months on the drug I was in the pool swimming laps and my arms completely cramped up and started spamming, had no control whatsoever. My best friend's dad is a neurologist and his mouth about hit the floor when I told him how many mg of lisinopril my doctor had prescribed. He immediately cut my dosage in half. My symptoms have still progressed and I am officially stopping taking it because I have had heart flutters and palpitations that would scare any normal human being into thinking they're dying. I also have the shortness of breath, dizziness, numbness and tingling in all of my limbs, odd pains I have never had before in the most random places such as my forearms, calves, abdomen, and I feel like I have arthritis! NONE of this EVER bothered me before I started taking this medication and it has taken me months to actually come to the realization that these are not signs of aging or fatigue. I'm a healthy 26 year old female who exercises on average 5 days a week with low-fat high fiber diet. Point of my story: this drug claims to be the best on the market, but something tells me the doctor's push is coming from pharmaceutical endorsements!!!! Beware of the poison.

YAZ AND UTI'S I have been on Yaz for a few years, and I had been getting bladder infections every time I had sex. My gyn instructed me to take microbid every time before I had sex, and I went to a urologist that said if the microbid was working then we would keep up with that. Recently I made an appointment with a uro/gyn. She instructed me to get an ultrasound on my kidneys because polycystic kidneys run in my family. She also instructed me to take a different birth control pill. Yaz has a diahretic in it and that can cause bladder infections. Since December I have been on a different birth control and have been bladder infection free!

Thanks to all of you for all of this valuable information! I am newly diagnosed with bp problem. my bp is "only" 130/90- but I have polycystic kidneys and i was told that bp med's would "save" the kidneys... I have been carrying my 10 mg bottle of lisinopril in my bag and have not taken them yet... thanks to all of you- this prescription is in the trash. I am thin- practice yoga and even eat primarily vegetarian. there has to be a way to solve the bp issue- it is very frustrating. I am going to try one more time with a bp reading and if i can't get it down I am going back to the doctor and before I fill the prescription- i am going to research the side effects to death. i feel so bad for everyone here that has been made a guinea pig out of the lisinopril. I am now cold, shaky- and I feel sick after having read all of your experiences here.