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Coming off amlodipine help please....

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mandy3374
mandy3374

I’m a 42 year old female that was on amlodipine on/off for about a year.  I wasn’t always good about taking it daily until this January.  I was under a lot of stress and was traveling, so I made a point to take this med every day.  I’m not on any other medications.  By the end of January I was absolutely miserable!!  Went to my PCP because I had a headache that was more pressure than it was pain, she sent me home with the usual migraine protocol.  It didn’t do anything.   So she gave me a strong anti biotic, of course that did nothing.    4 days after that visit I was in the ER, my heart was racing and it felt like I was having a heart attack.  They did a CT scan that showed normal except that I had mucus retention cysts in my sinus cavities, but they said that should not be causing these issues.  Next I was sent to the neurologist, they did an mri on my brain which came back good as well.  So I spent the entire month of February barely able to function.  The head pressure, the anxiety had me convinced I would not make it through the night, leg pain and spasms, swollen legs and feet, neck & shoulder pain, brain fog, severely depressed and I just felt sick.  Like I had the flu.  I started taking vitamins and the magnesium and potassium helped....and then on March 1st on found this website.  I immediately stopped taking the amlodipine.  The first few days I noticed improvement and I was so excited...things just kept improving....until last Tuesday.  This time it was more stomach issues initially...bloated, no appetite, and dizzy.   By Thursday I felt like I was right back to the way I felt on the amlodipine. 😢😢.  Those of you that have stopped taking this poison, what have you done to help get through coming off this drug?   I just wanna feel like myself again....please help.   (Ps.  I’m looking for natural solutions...I don’t trust any meds at this point). 

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  • neil31090
    neil31090 mandy3374

    Posted

    HI

    I am at present in hospital, and taking;

    Perindopril 4mg

    Clopidogrel 75mg

    I had two very bad falls, (a broken nose, broken fingers and a serious concussion).

    The staff here are well aware of this stuff, and wrinkle their nose or look to the sky.

    They know what's, what.

    But I am getting better day by day.

    AVOID THIS STUFF...

  • sade00866
    sade00866 mandy3374

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    hello. I came across this post as I am currently dealing with amlodipine horrors. I have been on it for the past 2 years & a couple weeks ago I started experiencing terrible palpitations, anxiety, itching, tingling in hands/feet, lightheadedness & muscle cramps. I went to the ER & had tests ran, all of which normal. I stopped taking the drug 9 days ago & my day fluctuates for the most part. I would feel as though its getting better but then I would start feeling some symptom that creates major anxiety. I am curious to know how long did it take for your side effects to resolve & what helps? Thank you

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