Norvasc and stairs

After reading other people's experiences with Norvasc, I realized that my symptoms are almost identical. I thought it was rheumatoid arthritis and asked my doctor to give me some tests and all came back negative. I started 5mg of Norvasc about 10 months ago and about 6 months in I started to get muscle spasms in my feet, then spasms and muscle twitching in legs, arms and hands. Extreme flushing in feet, small freckle-like rash on feet, lower legs and ankles. Also have what I would call chronic fatigue and just cannot get myself up and down stairs well. I'm 57 and feel like 100. All over body pain is very debilitative. I've gone from an active, happy person to a cranky person in pain 24 hours a day. So, now I have taken myself off Norvasc and am waiting to see if there is an improvement in my health. I'm still on coversyl for my blood pressure and will talk to my doctor again. It is so true that you must be your own health advocate and try to stay on top of all your health issues.

I have been taking Norvasc for about 40 days. I have absolutely no strength anymore, I am dizzy, and I can see my heart beating when I look at something with solid color, it is like my eyes are flashing as my heart beats. My legs are hard to move when I first get up, and it is hard to get up off my knees unless there is something near by to hold on to. I was having trouble going down stairs until thursday of last week when I could go down them fairly fast. This made me feel like I was getting better, then the very next day I was taking a shower at home after working a full day and I almost collapsed. I barely made it out of the shower to sit on the toilet. My legs were like the legs of a parapalegic for about 1 minute.