how lucky am i , to have found this site...... started taking lis...

how lucky am i , to have found this site...... started taking lisinopril about 5 years ago......... developed tinnitus.......... dizzy to the point, that i had to give up my garden. could not bend, and get up without almost passing out......... developed acid reflux. ( my cardiologist said it was from my hbp meds ) my reg dr. said " bull.".... he's nuts ) (sure on the staff at mass general, and he 's nuts ........)that was 6 mos. or so after starting lisinopril.......... now i have numbness from my elbow to my hands.. from my knee to my feet..........hands and feet warm...... cough........ cough has been worked up, as i am a smoker......... negative......has worsened in past year......... skin rash.. localized on back, but that all over feeling of itching........ new in past 6 months...... the big symptom.............. leg cramps......... so severe, i wake up crying at night., 3 to 4 times. so tired from no sleep..... cramps in back, hands....... after reading the comments on this site, i will call the pharmacist, and see if i can stop, or have to be weaned off........... i am 64, in excellent health . size 8....... used to run up the stairs in my home...... since starting all of the c--p, i feel as tho my health has gone downhill.......... thanks for all of the info from people like you.. this is a nasty drug.............. sue s "