I am 51 year old female. I have been having similar side effects ...

I just wanted to ask you about detoxing from this drug. I have been taking it for about 3 weeks to one month on a somewhat regular basis. I have been having similar side effects as those posted on this website. For the past week and a half, I have been feeling like my left leg wants to cramp up. I also felt sporadic pains in my left left, buy mostly on my calf with a cramping sensation. One day, I decided to take a walk and exercised on a bike exerciser. That day my leg cramped up so bad that I could not stand up and I just wanted to cry from the pain.

Other side effects I have had are hot flashes. Although I am 50 years old, I have never experienced any hot flashes until I began to take Lisinopril/HCTZ. I am also having alot of fatigue and irritability. I am very restless at night and wake up throughout the night from the leg pain and hot flashes.

For the past couple years, my blood pressure fluxuates from 133/88 - 145/93 (more or less). Sometimes, at the doctor's office, they take two readings and usually my second reading is lower than the first. I don't know why that may be if the readings are less than five minutes apart. Who knows.

Anyhow, I did not want to take this drug at all but my doctor insisted just as a preventative measure to prevent a stroke or heart attack. Yet, I had heard that this drug causes memory loss and I did not want to take it. My mother had a stroke and ended up with dementia. So, I was very afraid of taking the drug, but I was also afraid of getting a stroke. That is why I finally decided to take it. However, I have found that I am experiencing these problems now that I didn't have before, so I want off of it. I would rather do it the natural way, like you. What juices and raw vegtables do you recommend I take? If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. I would certainly appreciate it.

Thank you and good luck with your treatment.

Sincerely,

Martha G.