I was prescribed 10mg/day for 140/80 BP. Started with 5mg/day. ...

I am not a doctor, but still will give my opinion anyway. It just is inconceivable that a blood pressure of 140/80 needs to be treated with meds. Mine is about 160/101 without the 20 mg dose, but I am determined to make evern more lifestyle changes so I can seriously reduce the dose or go off of it. I am down to about 7 mg a day and monitor my BP at least three times a week. It is about 140/90 with the meds. I had all the awful side effects at full does, especially the shortness of breath that was scaring me badly. You are right the drug is worse than the disease. I am so glad I found this board. I thought is was crazy!