New Year, New Me!

Eating and living healthy...


Guess what you'll? I have not eaten meat (pork or beef) for going on 2 years now. A friend of mine has been hipping me on some new stuff, and about the medication I take, that I was so clueless about. I'm on blood pressure meds and blood thinners. Blood pressure meds regulate you blood for your pressure, and blood thinners regulate your blood to thin it out to keep the clot from reaching you heart and lungs.

Well, let me show you what I mean. I have started researching all my medications, as to learn for myself, why I am not feeling all the time. And what i can do for myself to feel better and recover.

Medications and the side effects;

Specific Side Effects of Hydrochlorothiazide: 

Weakness, dizziness, or a spinning sensation (vertigo)

Muscle spasm
Erectile dysfunction, also referred to as ED or impotence (see Hydrochlorothiazide Sexual Side Effects).

 

Side Effects of Lisinopril:

Cough; diarrhea; dizziness; headache; tiredness.

Lisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide

Now with both of these drugs combined, here is what may happen, or has happened sometimes;

dark urine, drowsiness; dry mouth, stiffness, or swelling; loss of appetite; mood or mental changes (eg, depression); muscle cramps, severe or persistent cough, sudden, unusual weight loss or gain (gained more then i have lost in the past 6 years.

symptoms of low blood sodium (eg, confusion, mental or mood changes, sluggishness), weakness, or tiredness.

I have experienced most of these symptoms at one time or another. And i have told the doctors this (my PA and family Dr.)

(Coumadin) Warfarin Sodium Side Effects: 

Severe allergic reactions, (itching)

back, side, muscle, joint, or stomach pain; black, tarry, or bloody stools; blood in the urine (pink or brown urine)

unusual bruising or bleeding (eg, nosebleed, unusual bleeding from gums, unusual headache or weakness; unusual pain, swelling, or discomfort

Nortriptyline Oral Side Effects:

headache; impotence; nausea; nightmares; pupil dilation; sweating; tiredness; upset stomach; weakness; weight loss or gain.  weight gain, impulsive behavior or other unusual changes in behavior, or muscle spasms; mental or mood changes (eg, increased anxiety, mood swings, agitation, irritability, nervousness, restlessness), severe dizziness or drowsiness;  suicidal thinking or behavior;  trouble sleeping; trouble walking or keeping your balance; worsening of depression.

This drug even causes high blood pressure. 

Now I'm no doctor, but I do know my body. And after I started taking Coumadin along with the Nortriptyline, I was more tired hen ever. And it seemed or I felt as if I was weaker and my depression worsened. My mood was so bad that one day (just recently), I really wished I would just never wake up again. I honestly don't want to feel like that again. But sometimes, being home alone all day and not being able to work, you feel useless and unwanted. To tell you the truth, I had come to a conclusion that if a man is force to retire from something he loves or did most of his life, I literally kills him inside.