I'm 31 and recently diagnosed with hypertension - back in Februar...

I'm 31 and recently diagnosed with hypertension - back in February. Lisinopril was prescribed at 2.5mg. After the first month this had little to no affect. My BP was still in the 150s over 111s. Dose was doubled to 5mg. Started getting pains in my knees. Felt like I could not stretch my legs enough. Also starting feeling dizzy, anxious, exhusted and had some stomach issues. Diet became an issue because I was either ravanously hungry or could not face food at all. On Monday I was at the hospital for more checks to try and find the cause of my hypertension. Blood tests, urine tests, cholestoral checks, eye tests, ECG - all repoted very healthy. However, even on 5mg of Lisinopril my BP was well in to the late 140's / 110's. I'm due to have more tests in a month but my Lisinopril dose has been doubled again, this time to 10mg. I'm having real trouble concentating, very bad leg pains, stomach has got much worse and I am totally exhusted. The only thing that has subsided in recent weeks is the anxiaty but I think this is due to the fact that I have started smoking again - after not smoking for 8 months. I'm very glad this site is first on the search engine (can I name it?, the one that begins with G!). I thought I was maybe suffering from a prolonged mild flu. I have an appointment tomorrow and will discuss these side affects. If anyone is interested I will post the response. Thanks for sharing this information. It is very helpful