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Posted at 7:14 AM on Aug 02, 2007 by kamajo45, #22676
This is an update. I have stopped Lisinopril 4 days ago. By the way I forgot to mention that I did experience hair loss after being on 20 mg since February, Hairloss started end of May, which of course made me anxious to the point I did not want to take a shower anymore or wash my hair!! So this is when I started on Zoloft, which I have taken for the past five years, but only 25 mg every other day. This was keeping my worrying in check and was all I needed. But since February after starting Lisinopril my friend mentioned that I seemed to start worrying about every little thing and she does not even recognize my usual upbeat self. So then when the hair loss started I thought it was all in my head and went to the counselor and upped my Zoloft to 100 mg a day. Then in June my doctor said 10 mg of Lisinopril would be enough and sure enough, my hair loss stopped after about two weeks. I thought it was due to the Zoloft, that I just did not count my hair anymore, but now reading all the side effects I realize that I was not crazy at all! What a relief! So since Monday no more Lisinopril and Zoloft down to 25 mg for the past week. Last night was the first night I only woke up once really short, noticed a rapid heart beat, but only in my heart area, not all over my body, and went back to sleep. I also experienced on Lisinopril those vivid dreams which I woke up from and felt emotianally drained. I do take a Multivitamin, garlic pills and twice a day a table spoon of apple cider vinegar. So far my blood pressure is about 125 over 80 and instead of waking up with a pulse of 95, it went down this morning to about 84. I feel more energetic and in general way more upbeat. I hope I will keep feeling better and I am glad I did research on all those medications. It made me want to come off all meds and try natural approach, diet and more exercise. I will keep you updated.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Aug 07, 2007 by reenie57, #1087

Hi I'm new to the site and have been reading your comments on Lisiopril which I am also on.I have had every reaction to this drug every one else has had and will talk to my doc today.Its very awesome we have this site to read and find out about these drug interactions.I do want to tell you that I think it is important to monitor your heart rate.You seem to have gotten your blood pressure into normal range but that rapid heart rate is still volital.I use a wrist monitor to track my blood pressure and pulse rate.This monitor also will show if there is an irregular heart rate.This irregular heart rate referred to as A-fib can cause a stroke.So please be careful about this,ok.Bless you.Reenie

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