It's hard to know what the bloody heck to think. I know this goes against Mombasa's advice, but I have gone off the Lisinopril for several days now, mainly just to see if I felt any better during the workout. Got the doc's okay on it. I think the only thing the Lisinopril affected was post-workout. BP tends to be a little lower at that time plus with the effects of the med, I think the heart was acting strange because it was not used to it being that low. I'm undecided yet if I should go back on the med. I know it's nothing to mess around with, but I was only on it for 7 days,. The BP is definitely up again though. Just frustrating because I am really not that obese. I could lose maybe 10 or 15 pounds of fat, but my diet is already pretty clean, so I don't know what other changes can be made. It really seems to spike during training and I feel crappy. That was happening even when on the med.
As far as anxiety, a lot of people have mentioned this and while it is certainly possible, I kind of doubt it. I don't have too much to be stressed about, other than my own health. High BP in itself it seems is not the disease, but a symptom of something else. I'm seeing a homeopathic guy too to try to get to the bottom of all this. He seems to think it might be something to do with the adrenal glands or possible allergy. In the past I have had periods like a month or so where I feel fine and aren't getting any symptoms at all, then out of the clear blue they just appear again, without seeming rhyme or reason. Quite frustrating not being able to lift like I want.
Mombasa, have you found there are any types of supps you can't use while being on the meds? This maybe wasn't smart, but I had some coffee not too far apart form having the med when I was taking it and had some heart pain (think it was from that, or else just the body getting used to the med).
