Very interesting. I just happened upon this site a couple of days ago and have been monitoring the goings-on and just reviewed your post today. I've been on Lisinipril for 21 years and it has really kept my BP in check. However, over the past few years, fatigue has gotten ridiculous. All my blood work always checks out OK, I've gone off Cholesterol medicine for months with no change in fatigue. Never thought to go off Lisinopril (I've been on 40 mg for years)
Ironically, after looking at Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as the only answer, I tried Cymbalta and that worked for about 3 months - and then right back to major fatigue. The doc put me on Provigil, but after a week of that, I'm more alert and my heart pounds like crazy, but I'm just as tired.
So, after seeing all the posts here, just today, I'm starting to wean back on Lisinopril. I'm going to cut back to 20mg for a bit and take it at night (I always took it in the morning and felt the same as you after I took it). If I feel more alert, I'm going back to my doc and see about a different BP medicine. I'll keep you posted, and please do as well. Thanks for the post.
Rich
I stopped taking this posion on monday, I was on hyzaar 100 before and really had no side effects, went to lisinopril because it was so posed to be the generic equivalent.my side effects are it did not work for bp for me, also high anxiety attacks, waking up at 3am and thinking the world was collapsing, swelling of glands in throat, poor vision. I wonder how long these side effects will last. DL
Thanks for ther response....Let me know if you find a BP Med that agrees with you. I know they are out there. It's trial and error - For sure..
I talk to my Doc next week about switching to something else - again....
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