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Posted at 8:50 AM on Nov 23, 2007 by tigermoonk, #25191
I'm a 37 yr. female. I was diagnosed with depression/anxiety about 6 yrs. ago.I take Effexor XR & about 3-4 mo. ago was prescribed 10mg. of Lisinopril for my high blood pressure.Med worked for that :) My side effects from this med are the dry hacking cough at night.(Comes and goes) Loss of sex drive(even worse) And about 2wks ago I started feeling really down.Crying, angry,withdrawn & having suicidal thoughts due to all the added feeling's.I had ran out of my meds(BP) and missed about 3 days.Best thing to happen :) 'Cause just a couple days ago it's like the old me returned!!! I'm HAPPIER, the depressed feeling's are GONE. I care about myself alot more than I have in a long time.Just bad brain zaps(on & off) from the sudden stop. I've been reading on here how some side effects came on slowly,and I'm one of them this has happened to. I have MORE energy too now that I stopped. I thought maybe my anti- depressant med. needed to be adjusted again(even took one extra pill) and that didn't work.It was my BP med making me feel terrible. Anyone who has depression should really watch for any added changes. I'm SO GLAD I found this website!!! I thank everyone who has shared they're experience's.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Nov 28, 2007 by aj3701, #3131

what are brain zaps??? doc told me today to quit the lisinopril for 6 days to see if my severe headaches and dry cough go away, so i am curious as to possible affects....

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Reply over 2 years ago on Nov 29, 2007 by tigermoonk, #3157

It's hard to explain but usually one side of my head hurts REALLY bad & it's not a migraine. It'll come out of nowhere,and they hurt.

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