General muscle weakness:

I had been advised by a pharmacist to come off it over 4 yrs ago and it was only through the intervention of a new Dr at the practice who listened to my concerns that gave me other medication and my acute problems stopped immediately.

Dear Adrian,

I feel very uneasy honest about my legs as if they can't hold me up. Muscle weakness in my right knee. Swollen knee cap. Hands and fingers tingling numb stiff neck lower back pain. Sometimes I can't sleep. Concentration is very poor. I decided to go to a new doctor she said that I was on 5 mg of amlodipine and then a 2 milligram of amlodipine should take it you need it for your blood pressure I told her my hands get numb and I'm getting depressed she says what maybe that's psychological or from your stiff neck how stupid does she think us people are so I went off the tune it still bothers me this is in the same clinic but a different doctor I've heard that it's not a good idea to go cold cold turkey with his medication I'm tired of these doctors they never listen and I'm the one that suffering

Doctors do not listen to us. Amlodopine is a dangerous drug for some of us and you need to discuss this with your GP and demand another medication. Better still buy a BP machine to self monitor your BP, start exercising more, eating better - cut out alcohol and caffeine; and look at these sites for the foods which bring down BP - half a freshly squozen lemon juice in hot water first thing in the morning works for me, cider vinegar on salads, beetroot juice. Magnesium helps with numbness and tingling. Potassium helps BP. I do all this and told the doctor I was coming of all the BP drugs as they were damaging my health, but my BP was not very high (now not high at all,now they have revised their readings!!) I still have problems with tendernitis in my upper leg and a shoulder bursa. Having seen a therapist for over 6 months, I do not think  ti will ever get much better.They have already withdrawn one BP drug in US because the 'filler' from China is making people seriously ill. They play with our lives.