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I have been on Lisinopril 20 mg since February. After a few week...

Posted at 5:44 AM on Jul 29, 2007 by kamajo45, #22601
I have been on Lisinopril 20 mg since February. After a few weeks I kept waking up every morning around 5 am and felt my heartbeat all over the place, like I just had run a marathon. After 4 weeks, this subsided. Then I started hearing weird sounds in my head like a church bell ringing in the distance, this was going on along with waking up for the past two weeks every morning at 4 am with a rapid heart beat, a creepy sensation going up my arms and legs and getting cold. On top of that I was getting very anxious and shaky. My doctor seems to think I suffer from anxiety attacks and put me on Zoloft. I also start getting out of breath just bending down, tieing my shoes and I feel tired and shaky all the time. In the beginning I had the cough, that has subsided but I seem to develop all these other side effects. After reading all these emails, I will stop my medication tomorrow and see what happens. I might try the apple cider vinegar approach. By the way, my blood pressure went down to 92 to 55 most of the time and my doctors thought, that was great! I was under the impression the bp to shoot for was 120 over 80.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Jul 30, 2007 by starr, #967

My doctor suggested the heart palpatations were pre-menopausal. I also experienced a rushing sound in my ear like water was in it. I thought the shortness of breath was the weight gain, which I seriously believe is due to the @#%^ing lisinopril. I cannot believe I let this doctor sucker me into drug use.

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Reply over 2 years ago on Aug 01, 2007 by pansey, #990

I have never met another person who could describe my symptoms so perfectly! I have been having the EXACT same symptoms as you have had since February of this year! I have never taken Lisinopril, nor was I on any medication before I started experiencing these symptoms. My doctor prescribed Zoloft to me, as well, for anxiety. Zoloft doesn't seem to be helping. I find that my symptoms are really pronounced around the 19th and 20th of each month. This WAS usually about 10 days before my period. This month is the first month that I have skipped a period altogether since pregnancy 7 years ago. I have had a tubaligation, so I know that I am not pregnant. I am only 33, but I could be going through perimenopause. Please post if you find anything that helps ease these symptoms.

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Reply over 2 years ago on Aug 01, 2007 by pansey, #991

I forgot to mention that I have one additional symptom which is severe migraine headaches.

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