Is anyone experiencing confusion, trouble thinking, trouble conce...

I am 53 and some of the numerous symptoms that cued me into having high blood pressure were exactly how you were describing,memory loss, confusion, trouble thinking, trouble concentrating, decreased cognitive function, mental sluggishness, trouble solving problems or situations which require logical thinking and sequencing, and depression as well. But I had the symptoms before the doctor prescribed the Lisinopril. I think what you are describing actually goes along with improper blood flow to vital organs of the body, most specifically targeting the brain. I didn't care what BP med they put me on as long as it kept me from having a stroke or heart attack. I spent a miserable year being very sick and confused and ended up in the ER before it was discovered what was going on with me. My memory has vastly improved and a rectal bleeding issue I have had since age 25 has stopped completely. I am only taking 10 mg of Lisinopril. It took me a full three months for it to completely saturate into my system. My maternal grandmother had dementia from about age 70 until she died. She never doctored a single day one for her heart. She lived well into her 80's and had become fully unaware of her surroundings, but was as happy as a meadow lark. If I can live to be her age and be other wise as healthy as she was, I guess I'll be a happy camper too. I just returned from the hospital's coronary care unit where I spent the night with my 86 year old Mother-in-law. She is a Christian woman who is not only battling lung cancer and has never smoked a day of her life, but is also now suffering from Arterial Stenosis to the main artery going into her main heart chamber. She has stayed away from doctors her whole life as well and has been a firm believer of natural healing through a good healthy well balanced diet and prayer. The doctors keep asking her to recite her name and date of birth to make sure that the chemo she started on last week has not affected her coherence. I got so tired of them asking her such an easy question that I begged them to ask her the full names of her 23 grand and great children in the proper order along with their complete dates of birth. Guess what? She can do it! I can't do that nor could I keep up with my own 5 grand childrens' complete names, (I do know the birth orders) but not the exact dates of birth. She doesn't miss one conversation about what meds they have put her on and the dismal prognosis they have given her, and this breaks my heart in half. Life is often very unfair as it may seem to many. My 6 year old daughter was beautiful and mentally gifted light years beyond her age. She suffered one long agonizing year from an inoperable brain stem tumor and passed away knowing they could do nothing to spare her life or relieve her from the horrendous agony she suffered before her death. She was finally placed on a Morphine pump which was a blessing in disguise, as bad as I detested the harsh experimental chemicals she was placed on against my will, the last month of her life. My step-sons 9 year old son has Cerebral Palsy (caused by trauma at birth) and is mostly unaware of his surroundings, yet he is still with us and is such a joy to be around. I know I have made this a longer story out of my point and what you may be wanting to hear, but if end up in a nursing home as happy as my grand mother was and don't know my ass from a hole in the ground when I am 80, I doubt it would be from my taking Lisinopril, it may be God's merciful way of sparing me in my final years from a lot of mental and physical anguish. I guess if I don't know it then I won't care. As long as the meds I am taking right now which the doctor prescribed for me are helping me live a fuller happier healthier life, then who the hell cares about what I can remember when I am 80 anyway? My 13 yr. old grandson would tell you I am insane just because he thinks anyone past the age of 40 is older than the dinosaurs! He has already proved to me that he can whip my ass at golfing, basketball, video games and about anything else he challenges me to. But I can definitely make some whip ass peanut butter fudge so he has decided he may just keep me around a while longer! Enjoy the life God has given you and don't be so hard on this one prescription drug, Lisinopril if it is helping others like myself. I have a bigger opinion to voice about people who abuse prescription drugs than I do the drugs they are taking and the companies who manufacture them. Please excuse any spelling and typos, as I my dumb ass may have dementia, darn I love that excuse! I think I'll use it every time my grandson challenges me to an activity and I lose, or for anything else I may screw up in my life time! Just teasing...haha, but seriously, you just have to find a medication you feel comfortable with taking and which does more good than harm, and most importantly select a good doctor which you can trust enough to place your health in his care.
p.s. Certain medication commercials on television kill me. Listen to the announcer list the side effects of the meds so quickly that it makes your head spin, right before he says,"If you think this medication may still be right for you, contact your health care provider...blah blah blah" Yeh right, like I want to try that medication now!!!! If we knew all the ingredients of half of the chemicals we put into our bodies in preservants alone in the foods we eat, the fear alone would kill us!! If your not dead yet and you are still reading my post, suck it up and take what the doctor orders if you want to get better. I think paranoia is also a sign of Dementia!!

At least you are able to recognize your signs of dementia. I don't want it and I have no intentions on contributing to getting it.
None of these meds are any good for the body. No one ever died cause they didn't take any medicine.