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I’ve been on Lercanadipine 10mg and Atorvastatin 20mg for a couple of months now.
I havent felt any side effects since taking the pills but have been lethargic for the prior year which has coincided with 10kg weight gain and raised blood pressure (150/100).
Which is the cause and which is the effect I’m not sure.
I have just this week been diagnosed with HBP 180/110. Just had a ECG and a blood test, but I think work is at the heart of mine.
So I will be watching this post closely.
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I was on ramapril for a year I developed a constant tickly cough particularly at night, reading the posts above I'm pretty sure my legs also ached and I was on edge a lot at the time I saw other causes for the last two . I'm now on irbesartan Teva 225 mg . I haven't noticed any side effects they were proscribed because the ramapril cough was ruining my and my wife's sleep. I do notice a sudden draining tiredness if I forget to take them 2 days in a row.
Like a proper grown up I avoid checking my blood pressure so I can't say where I am at with them but the GP seems happy.
8 months seems quick. I was like you Mounty, 190/110 when caught. Family genetics and stress at the heart of it. Currently on Candesartan and Lacidipine. BP ranges from 110/70 to 135/85, so very happy with that. Had a bunch of heart and blood tests to see if I'd messed myself up with the long term BP and stress. Lots of ECGs, exercise stress test, 24hr monitor, Ultrasound etc. Thankfully no lasting damage, and getting a good amount of help with the stress and how to deal with things better without becoming overwhelmed.
I'd say it's worth having a BP monitor at home, and checking it often in the first week or so after a change in meds, but not letting it become a worry in itself if you can manage that. What that did for me was allowing me to recognise what peaks and troughs in BP felt like, biofeedback, like tj says, so when I feel stress and BP, I can take a little time out and go for a walk/calming music/breathing exercises/mindfulness etc and get back on track. Talk to the doctors a lot and tell them everything, as you can tell from this thread there are a lot of options for meds and most people can find one that both works and they can deal with.
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