Rigor mortis symptoms and conditions

To guest 12068
I'm so very sorry u r going thru this. That is way too long to be on pred. Is there any way your fiance' can go thru therapy with u? No one understands this demon drug and we r not ever told of the long term dangers of taking this. It will be 1 yr. or longer to be rid of the side effects from being on it for 4 yrs. I understand the anger problem. Mine lasts about 10 minutes then I get really quiet and then I'm ok. My husband is great about it. He just says calm down and waits it out with me and then I feel stupid and everything is ok again.(until the next time) It comes on so fast and leaves just as fast. I'm trying to talk to myself before I let anyone else see my mood. Sometimes I just walk away and settle down and then I'll be ok. I've got two wonderful friends who know what is going on and they understand and hug me when I get like that. I still have insomnia. I've been off of pred. for 6 weeks. Fatigue happens real sudden like rigor mortis is coming on. Ha It does feel weird. U r in my prayers even if we don't the names on this website. It will get better. Since u have been on this so long hang in there with the therapy and keep us all posted and ask all of us anything u want. Thant's why we r here. U don't know until u go thru prednisone hell. : )

I started out on the HCTZ for two months, but I was experiencing tingling in my left hand. My doctor decided to switch me to the Lisinopril (20 mg. daily) to see if the tingling would stop. Unfortunately, it didn't stop; rather, the tingling is increasing, and now it tingles and feels like rigor mortis setting in, and then it recedes until the next bout. About the cough: mine is very bad, especially when I first wake up. I keep spitting up long "threads" of clear mucus; it wracks my body until I could fall to my knees. Once it stops, I'm okay till the next morning, although I do cough during the day. The only other comment I'd like to make right now is to say that, before I was ever diagnosed with HBP, I was fine; now I'm very tired and sluggish. I've also been entertaining suicidal thoughts lately, so I stay off the roof, just in case. My doctor told me last night to quit taking the Lisinopril for three days, then call her and let her know if any of my side effects had receded or disappeared. That's where I am today. I feel any medicine that makes you sicker than you were to begin with should be removed from the shelves. I'd rather take something that works, with no/little side effects, even if it IS a medicine that's been around a long time.