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I've been on Lisinopril for about a year and a half now. I thoug...

Posted at 2:17 AM on Sep 12, 2008 by djg315, #34411
I've been on Lisinopril for about a year and a half now. I thought some of my side effects were just my bad health - tingling in my hands and arms and legs and feet. I've been in ER a time or two in fear of heart attack and they cannot usually find anything particularly wrong with me or my heart. I thought since my blood pressure was down, that this medicine was a life saver. I had no idea these side effects could be from the medicine. Especially since they were pretty mild and sporadic originally and only in the past few months have they seemed to increase almost daily. Also I had to get an ultrasound for my enlarged uterus and I believe the pressure I feel (I had no pressure just a few months ago) is due to the increased side effects of this drug. My concern is this, how do you safely wean yourself off of this junk once you've been on for years. I don't want to even take any more bp medicine - hbp will eventually kill me but feeling daily like I'm going to die at only 36 is not worth living a long life if these symptoms are all I have to look forward to. Save my heart, but give me neurological disorders? I don't think so.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 19, 2008 by deucey22, #12563

I beat severe heart failure.34 yrs old. I had a lot of the problems mentioned here. Not sure of which drug was doing what to me but it was all bad. Now that I am better I have SEIZURE activity in my brain. Coincidence?? I THINK NOT. FYI>> Did you know Lisinopril is made from snake venom? It's true. Look it up.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 21, 2008 by tismine1967, #12609

I definitely feel your pain. I've decided that I'm just not taking it anymore. I'd rather deal with the BP problem than to continue to feel like I'm dying everyday. And every body looking at me like I'm crazy because they can't find anything wrong with me. I'm not crazy and I no know that this medicine is causing allof my physical problems. I've been out of work for almost 3 weeks, and have been to numerous doctors. I think I found my own answer......

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