has anyone else got depressed on Amlodipine ?

Don't give up! Advocate for yourself. Each of our bodies are different. We are not the cookie cutter people that the medical world would have us believe we are. Research and try things. I believe there is an answer for you. You will start to feel better, and it may sneak up on you just like it did for me.Sending prayers on your behalf.

Hello everyone

well i am so glad ive have found this forum now, seriously im so glad. I had been suffering with high blood pressure for a few years, and have been taking Candesartan of which is no problem. I suddenly had a high spike of blood pressure reading on the high mercury level, and my doctor bless her, she is so loveley, prescribed Amlodipine 10mgs. Anyway thought nothing of this and as we all do in trust of our practitioners i took them as normal with my Candesartan, that was about six or seven weeks ago. I have in the last two weeks started to feel as im not really in my right place of mind, spaced out and feeling very worthless, tired and snappy to my loved ones, wow how my mood has changed im feeling very depressed and i havnt had any suicidal thoughts but rather on the line of not having any interest in my hobbies, my family ,my partner or my life to be frank, so yes im so glad that i have come here today after searching for an answer. Now what do i do, do i just simply throw Amlodipine away or go and talk to my GP. I think ive made my own desision ive thrown them away and kept my Cadesartan going. Why dont they ever warn you about this horrible symptom.

The only medication that I was taking was Amlodipine 5mg once daily to treat high blood pressure. After three days my BP was in check, so I felt like this drug was working well. About 6-8 months into taking my daily dose I started to feel a mild onset of depression for the first time in my life. I was 52 years old at the time. I had just recently had a new Grandchild and I noticed that I wasn't as joyful as I should have been, I felt robbed of my emotional range. I knew something wasn't right, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

During the 8th month I started to feel a very real sense of depression, I felt very negative, almost as if there was a dark cloud hanging over me everywhere I went. I reported this to my doctor's office and the office staff immediately connected me to a Triage Nurse who thought that I was on the verge of killing myself, which I was not. After convincing her that I was still sane, just feeling down, she made an appointment with my regular physician. He recommended that I stay on the 5mg dose. About 3 weeks later I got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Afterwards I was walking back to bed, I had every intention of going back to bed then all of a sudden on a complete whim I turned to go downstairs. It was as if I was on a train that the tracks in front of me got switched. I turned with absolute clarity. I walked downstairs, sat at my computer, wrote a 6 page suicide note, then deleted it. I had this idea that I had to kill myself, but that it had to look like an accident. At no point did I feel sorrowful. No tears, no sadness, this all seemed like the right thing to do. I was driven to go through with this. I got on my bicycle at 3am, ( bizarre,) and just started riding. The morning air felt great, I pedaled briskly and decided that I would take " The path of least resistance." I left my wallet and phone, anything of value at home, even my house keys. I rode through several intersections with reckless abandon. I was hoping to just get taken out by someone else. I knew that if I kept riding as the traffic increased that it would happen soon enough. Again I would like to reiterate that this all felt completely clear-headed eventhough I was clearly out of my mind in hindsight. After the fourth closecall and definitely the most extreme I somehow made it out of that intersection untouched by those skidding cars. My body was abuzz as if I had bumped my funnybone, except my whole body felt that way. I came to a stop underneath a Jacaranda Tree in full bloom. I suddenly felt a rush of sanity pour back into me. I woke up abruptly, felt this immense surge of energy transference between myself and this tree. Something akin to the movie Avatar and the tree of life. It was nuts, completely crazy. Prior to that experience the most I had ever ridden my bike was 6 miles, that day I rode 33, before coming out of my complete psychotic episode. Later that day I went to see my doctor and I tore him a new ass for ever putting me on that medication. In the years that followed I tried to control my blood pressure with diet and exercise, but later ended up in the emergency room with extremely high BP, so I am now taking Chlorthalidone. It's working well. It's the only medication that I take.

Looking back on this experience I had to come to terms with the decisions that I made that day. I never felt that way once stopping Amlodipine, abruptly, apparently something I wasn't supposed to do, but f**k it, I figured those side effects couldn't be worse than what I had experienced. Never felt depression again, my emotional range is intact. I'm myself again. I think I am a good case-study for the side effects related to Amlodipine, because it was the only drug in my system during that time, both before and after, until recently.

I got very depressed and anxious while taking it.

I thought it was due to my Dads death but since I stopped taking it I feel so much better , happy and more myself .