Hp symptoms and conditions

FOLLOW-UP~11/-25/08 finished 12/3/08
I lasted 2 days on Lisinopril 10 mg.~after feeling pressure in my chest (which I had never experienced, EVER), feeling very emotional...wanting to cry all the time & just generally feeling ill. I was never comfortable knowing, the med was made from snake venom. I was borderline HP for several years 140ish/80ish or lower but recently went 152/98 @ the doctor's office @ home it is usually normal with a couple of spikes. My doc. switched me to Atenol 25 mg., I seem to be tolerated the drug thus far. I do feel tired & feel some fuzziness in my head, slow heart rate, & more difficult to exert & I'm more emotional. I'm not sure about this yet....
Keep writing all your experiences, it's important~

I'm a 58 year old female & I take good care of myself & I am very healthy.
I've had borderline HP off & on. I tried a Beta Blocker 5 years ago & took myself off it, since some of my symptoms were due to my Hypothyroid.

I started Lisinopril today 10 mg, I felt a central nervous system affect almost immediately. Tonight, I'm feeling very tired which I think is due to the Lisinopril. My BP today was 152/98 it was 140/98 the week before @ the doctor's office. Tonight @ home it was 115/70 & 100/68
I have been monitoring myself @ home & some of my readings are a little high but a lot of them seem normal. I'm getting a better monitor tomorrow. I know, there is such a thing as white coat syndrome.
I could lose 15-20 lbs. which might help too. I'm very active but that doesn't seem to help.
thanks for all your postings, it has really helped me...
My doctor did mention getting a cough as a side affect.

I think some of the severe symptoms reported here are just that.. severe, and as advised on the drug information insert they can happen, and should be reported to your doctor. We are led to believe our doctors will stop the meds and try something else. If they are not willing to do that, or try to convince us it's all in our heads then... we should stop the meds ourselves and find another dr. These side effects are real, and scary. I've stopped cholesterol meds for that reason. I don't need a dr. to tell me to stop... I know my body, and how I feel and know when something isn't right.

I've been on Lisinopril for two weeks now. I was initially on the diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide, but had so much arrhythmia that I thought my heart would jump out of my throat. The dr. discontinued that after less than a week, and put me on Lisinopril. I am a bit dizzy sometimes, and do have a mild cough, but I had the cough before the meds so I can't really blame it on that. However, for all those with the problem of coughing and headaches... I read at drugs.com that you should take this medication with a full glass of water, and drink lots of water throughout the day. This tip was not in the drug handout and I thought that odd. Something so easy, and yet left out. Luckily, I drink water at my desk all day at work. This weekend while home I didn't drink water and had a horrible headache the entire time. I never connected it until I read that you should drink lots of water. Back to work today and drinking water and my headache is gone. It's worth a try, it might help. My husband is on Lisinopril/HCTZ combo, has been for at least 3-4 years with no adverse side effects.

We are all different, medication effects all of us in different ways. I hope I never experience the kinds of side effects I'm reading about here. If so, I'll be off the drug in short order. My dr. told me there are loads of other medications we can try. While there are side effects to everything we take, mild is ok but no one should put up with life altering and/or life threatening side effects like what I am reading here.

55 year old female
I have been on Toprol 5 years. 50mg. it works for me but since it went generic,I wonder...I am on 10mg lexapro and December started the vivelle-dot for my hotflashes. It is now June and the last 4 weeks my hair is falling out big time.
It is so thin I have to wear a scarf as not to scare small children at work.!! :)
I have talked to a couple of hairdressers and they have told me many of they're clients with thinning hair were on Toprol.
Anyone heard of this? Please help me figure this out.

Well that was easy, to find out which drug was doing what. I have three new ones. Lisinopril is for HP. My head has been itching and I am using Rogaine, (sorry bald isn't where I want to go right now). Anyhow when I used it my scalp which has already been itching woke me up burning really bad. I rinsed it off but it is still itching as it has been. I'm losing my hair but would like to slow things down until I'm dead:) I'm 55. Don't sleep good but have meds for that. Zolpidem. seems to work ok. took it twice. Have low dose of Lyrika? for pain. Anyhow, real tired, need naps. Muscle aches but I had those before. Well thanks to all who posted. I'm calling the Doc, monday.

I began by taking lisinopril 40 mg only once. after about 4 hours My face turned blood red, my arms chest & back also turned red and burned. I even got a slight case of that infamous cough. Either I got way too much of this stuff while switching from my other meds.....or I am just plain allergic to it? This is suposed to be a HP drug that does not cause ED....but with a face so red I won't have to worry about sex anyway.