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blood pressure meds.

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Smithy Mon 21-Aug-17 14:13:40

Yes welshwife, I get v tired as well. I take a similar ''cocktail'' to Auntieflo with one or two more. I also take Candesartan and didn't realise it was a diuretic..
The tiredness I feel just seems to happen suddenly at night and often I just go to bed

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Auntieflo Mon 21-Aug-17 13:56:20

I thought it was just me and age related tiredness. In the mornings I take 1x Candesartan 8 mg, 1 x Bisoprolal Fumarate x 5 mg, and 1x Dispersible Aspirin x 75 mg. Plus 1x Ad-Cal. I used to take Ramipril, but developed a cough. At night I take 1 statin, Atorvastatin 20mg, replacing Simvastatin, which I found made me very achey. But the tiredness goes on.

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Welshwife Mon 21-Aug-17 13:20:18

I think my BP meds make me very tired - I do take a bit of a mix though - nebivolol which is a beta blocker - Valsartan/Hydfochlorothiazide -Rilmenidine and half a Spironolactone. That us my breakfast - then I take a second Rilmenidine and a Keppra in the evening.
Normal dose of Keppra is two a day - morning and evening but mine is a precaution rather than a cure - once my BP spiked and I had a fit - first and only time. After all the tests they discovered I do have a brain and all was normal except I reacted to disco type lights. The tablet is to make sure nothing happens when I am driving at night or when the sunlight strobes through a line of trees.
Next time I have an appointment I am going to see if there is anything that could be switched although to be honest I know I have reactions to other meds such as Amlodopine or Ramipril.

Does anyone else find they feel very tired? I can only work for so long and then need a sit down! I cleaned our bedroom today - involved pulling out bed to hoover under etc and change the bed - I said to DH I could do with an injection of energy and he replied that he was thinking about trying an injection of heroin or LSD but he was afraid of having hallucinations!

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Marydoll Mon 21-Aug-17 12:12:57

Oh dear, that has really cheered me up! smile As well as posting about difficulties with my osteoporosis meds on a another thread, I now find my BP is up and BP meds also need changed.

The side effects are such a pain, aren't they? You just can't win! grin

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TriciaF Mon 21-Aug-17 11:16:04

diuretic not diruretic.

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TriciaF Mon 21-Aug-17 11:14:41

I take one called CoKenzen ( generic Candesartan etc.).
A few weeks ago I changed the time of taking it from morning to evening - thought it might help me sleep better.
Since then I've been up to pee every couple of hours or so during the night.
I went to the GP today and she said yes it's diruretc, take it in the morning. But you can take the betablocker at night.
And my BP was up for the first time in years.

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