Lisinopril and Blood Pressure Issues

I feel a little better today from the Lisinopril side effects. I now have the beta blocker fatigue.

I have been in bed al day today. I ate fish for lunch. By the way did I tell yall I was doing Atkins and I have lost 50 lbs? Hopefully with these lifestyle changes I can get myself together for me and my 5 year old baby.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Please go to this web site and check out how people are suffering on Lisinopril.

http://medications.com

It is just amazing how many people are suffering.

You know I am a nurse and this experience has been so life changing for me. I will definitely listen to my patients better and when they say they are being compliant, I will believe them.

Today I have mild palpitations and leg fatigue  and cough. I want off all of these medications.

Today is bad… I am depressed, tired, muscles are aching and burning.. all of those lousy Lisinopril symptoms.

I continue to lose weight and detox… maybe I am loosing too fast and dumping this poison in my system.

I have been in bed all day long. My husband and daughter are very frustrated.

I have had palpitations… even though I have had a echo, stress test and cardiac cath, those PVCS scare

theheck out of me and I cant function.  I have almost lost my appetite also. I ate once today and I dont feel

like  eating anything else.

I continue to seach and search as much as I can about this drug.

I am at work right now and we have a patient that was found on the floor by her son. The son called 911 and when they arrived, the patient was in asystole. CPR was initiated and it took 20 minutes to resuscitate the patient.

The patient is here in the ICU with no brain function now. The most significant thing is that she arrived with a very swollen tongue. My antennas immediately went up. Of course the doctors all focused on the fact that she was obese with asthma. My thought was just because you are obese with asthma doesnt mean that you should have to drop dead.

None of the doctors are associating this event with Lisinopril… I have a slight cough today with the lump. but it is getting better. I took zinc last night and I dont have as much muscle fatigue and spasms today.

I am eating eggs only for breakfast. I am really doing well with my new lifestyle changes.

Sigh… another day in the ICU.

I have been on Lisionopril now for about 5 years at 40 mg/day. During those five years I have been fatigued, suffered with GERD, dry cough. Of course my doc said to lose weight. Last month I went on a diet and all hell broke loose. I lost 25 lbs and I don’t know if the weight loss released all of those Lisionopril toxins or what but here goes: Fatique, weakness, arm and leg muscle pain, absolutely no sex drive, rib cage pain, back pain, perceived shortness of breath. Heart palpitations, dry cough with mucus. I have a lump in my throat. It got so bad I went to the ER , they drew labs and my BP was elevated. They added labetalol to the lisinopril. I came across this site and I called my doctor and I told him that I wasn’t taking lisinopril anymore. I feel as if I am having a slow death. I cant function, I cant work, I am panicky and nervous. He said to monitor my pressure with 2x/day with the Labetalol. I was on the maximum dose and I wonder how long will it take for this poison to leave my body. I can’t believe what this medicine is made from. I am more than willing to lose weight and do anything to stop taking these poisons. I would love to hear your experiences. I need all the support that I can get. I just don’t understand the sudden exacerbation of all of the symptoms unless it is the weight loss. But my BP never went down even with the weight loss.

I decided to start this blog as a healing catharsis for me. I needed to let others know what to look for in this drug and to take responsibility for your own health and not to depend on doctors or anyone else to be responsible for your healthcare.

You see, I knew better that is why I am so angry with myself. I am a Nurse for God’s sake.  I took this drug for 5 years and although I had some side effects such as severe fatigue and palpitations, I tolerated them.

This blog will highlight my horrors with this drug and my quest to get better.

Please follow me on my journey.