Lisinopril and Tiredness: What Users Say

• gsw...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 23, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "Lowering your blood pressure is incredibly important, but the side effects make you feel so awful on this stuff. It causes an allergic-type reaction. I constantly have a postnasal drip, dry cough, lungs feel bad. I feel exhausted and sick on this stuff. And it is a very repeatable test. Also, it depletes your zinc, which allows strep bacteria to grow, holes in your gut, among tons of problems. Telmisartan makes me feel fantastic. Never again Lisinopril. I feel like I've lost 3 weeks of my life in a lousy feeling haze. So annoyed it takes me this long to figure it out."

• Rai...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 13, 2014

For High Blood Pressure "I was on it for 2 years and the quality of my life deteriorated. When I began losing my hair, I looked up the side effects of this and I found I must have been one who was very intolerant to it. I had the hacking cough, runny nose, my voice was hoarse, muscle cramps at night, incontinence, lethargy, thin brittle fingernails, and insomnia. I stopped taking it and all those symptoms are gone. I had seen doctors about these symptoms but they dismissed them."

• Lin...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 7, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "I have been on this lisinopril medication for about a month and a half, and it has helped my blood pressure so much. At my last doctor's appointment, it was 117/78. It has never been that low. However, as soon as I started the medicine, I had a horrible cough. I went and got tested for COVID, I’ve been on antibiotics, and had chest X-rays because the urgent care thought I had some kind of virus. I finally went to my primary care, and right away they knew it was the Lisinopril. I would have never put the two together. Although it has helped my blood pressure, there is no way I can cough like this on a daily basis. It has really affected my life. I have had a hard time taking care of my kids, and I’m so exhausted from coughing and not sleeping."

• Dan...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 10, 2014

For High Blood Pressure "I've been on 5 mg of lisinopril for over 2 years. I never developed the cough or nasal drip that others have had. I did have joint pain, which would come and go. Lisinopril is great at controlling my BP. I'm an otherwise healthy 5'3'' 125-pound 47-year-old female, and my BP diastolic would not stay below 90. Typical BP was 140/98. So, I've taken 5 mg of lisinopril for 2 years. But, I'm exhausted all the time, no appetite, severe abdominal pain, constant nausea, and bloating/constipation when I do eat. I'm miserable, it has been like this for 6 months!! On a whim, I stopped the lisinopril 3 days ago. I'm not exhausted anymore. My appetite is back. Still have pain and nausea though."

• my ...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 2, 2014

Lisinopril for High Blood Pressure "I started taking Lisinopril and was fine. Then one day, I got them refilled and for the next week, I was so tired I could barely get out of bed. I was told they changed the place where the pharmacy got the meds, which probably meant it was a different formula because the pills look different. I requested the name brand Zestril, even though they were more expensive. I felt 100% better! No more generic for me!"

• Yes...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 11, 2014

For High Blood Pressure "Made me feel tired, depressed, but did lower my blood pressure. I only took it while I worked on getting my blood pressure down with exercise and diet. I have been off of it for a couple of months now and am bursting into life again! Still, it did its job well."

• Dia...
• August 11, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I have been on lisinopril 20/25 for about 6 to 9 years now. It controls my blood pressure. But I have felt dead since I started taking it. It kills my love life. I'm not even interested. I am always tired. I am always sick. I always have a cough. Thanks to the fluid pill mix, I pee every single time I cough. I never feel clean. I always have to buy pads. I know it's the meds because once in a while I will get sick of feeling this way and just stop taking them. I feel like a new person. So strong, so happy, loving life, let's play, clean, and brand new.... But I will check my BP and it will be soaring towards or past 200/160. My doctor knows about all of it, makes no effort to care, but it's time to stop all this nonsense."

• Mik...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 17, 2023

For High Blood Pressure "I need as many people as possible to read this. Don’t ever take this medication. I am 36 years old, otherwise healthy besides slightly elevated blood pressure that I have had since I was a teenager, and this medication made me feel like I was dying. My insides were killing me, I had no energy and could barely get out of bed. The only thing that changed was I started taking this medication. And when people ask you what’s wrong, it’s hard to explain. You just feel terrible. It’s been 2 weeks since I stopped taking it with my doctor's advice, and I still am not 100%, but feeling a lot better. Beware of this medication."

• Cal...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 20, 2019

For High Blood Pressure "Been on lisinopril for 5 years. My 10 mg dose caused dry cough and numbness of fingers for a while, then I started having heart bounding mid-morning and feeling of exhaustion after a meal. I started 10 mg in the morning and 10 mg at night, and that seemed to have worked with side effects less severe. My doctor refused to give me 10 mg twice a day and insisted on 20 mg once a day. I still don't agree with him since it was working for me, so I followed his prescription. BP still high. They say half-life of medication is 12 hours, but it doesn't seem like it because at the end of 24 hrs, my BP is high. Another thing I noticed is most of the time when I get a new refill, the drug gives me trouble and BP is high. I think the different manufacturers produce a different drug. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I get refills at Kaiser, who import the drugs from different countries based on price, as per the pharmacist at Kaiser."

• Jef...
• February 21, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "Yes, this will lower your BP. It also makes me very tired, dizzy when bending over, and extremely exhausted when exerting energy. How am I supposed to improve my diastolic condition if I can even run for a mile without wanting to pass out? I hate this drug! How can someone function with a heart rate of 90/65? Seriously!"

• Jef...
• February 21, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "Yes, this will lower your BP. It also makes me very tired, dizzy when bending over, and extremely exhausted when exerting energy. How am I supposed to improve my diastolic condition if I can even run for a mile without wanting to pass out? I hate this drug! How can someone function with a heart rate of 90/65? Seriously!"

• cou...
• April 27, 2009

For High Blood Pressure "Doctor prescribed medication to lower 120/80 blood pressure to new regulation guidelines 115/75 due to weight and family history of heart disease. Within 2 weeks felt lethargic, dizzy and began coughing but on return visit blood pressure was 110/68 and doctor was very pleased. I began coughing continuously with clear sputum for the next month and would cough so hard I was becoming incontinent. Went back to PCP who prescribed round of antibiotics for bronchitis but blood pressure is great. Doctor confirmed that 1 in 10 people can't take this medication due to this side effect."

• Nan...
• May 28, 2014

For High Blood Pressure "Before taking lisinopril, I was 100 lbs overweight, constantly tired, constantly in pain over body and joints with some arthritis in back and hands. This medication has accentuated weakness, tiredness and pain which was reported to physician two months into treatment. At Dr urging, I have continued to take this medication but will discontinue use when this prescription runs out. I have developed frequent nosebleeds which I have not seen mentioned as a side effect of the medication, but will note whether this improves when off medication."

• Ade...
• April 19, 2015

For Migraine Prevention "I've had severe headaches/migraines about twice a month since I was about seven years old. As an adult, my headaches were brutal: 36 hours of feeling like I'd been shot in the left eye, and NOTHING helped. I always had low-to-normal blood pressure until it jumped up post-menopause despite my being thin, active, a non-smoker, etc. The hypertension meds I tried either made my headaches worse or made me so tired I could barely get out of bed. Lisinopril also made me tired, but to a degree that I figured I could live with. A few months later, I realized I hadn't had a headache since I'd started taking it. Fifteen months later, I am still migraine-free. Unbelievable!"

• Bil...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 25, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Started taking this 6 months ago for HBP. I have no energy and could literally lay around all day. I'm in bed by 8 pm, wake up still exhausted. After reading the reviews here, I have decided to stop taking it... period. I feel much better with HBP!"

• Bil...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 25, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Started taking this 6 months ago for HBP. I have no energy and could literally lay around all day. I'm in bed by 8 pm, wake up still exhausted. After reading the reviews here, I have decided to stop taking it... period. I feel much better with HBP!"

• pau...
• May 28, 2013

For High Blood Pressure "I started taking Lisinopril about 2 weeks ago. It is slowly lowering my blood pressure. But I seem to be more tired all the time. I usually take the medicine in the morning and I am moving it to nighttime to see if that helps. It has made me slightly dizzy upon standing."

• Hig...
• August 13, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "My M.D. and cardiologist put me on lisinopril 20 mg for a year now. Got a slight reduction in BP but experienced extreme tiredness, hair loss, trouble sleeping, lower left stomach pain, and later coughing producing phlegm. I didn't realize it was this drug as I was on others, but after researching it, I stopped and now just take a baby aspirin. I quit as many drugs as possible and now researched supplements which seem to be getting results way beyond the Big Pharma drugs. I am really mad at Big Pharma and the way they program our doctors!"

• A54...
• April 26, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "I took this for high blood pressure. I felt lightheaded, like I was gonna faint. Then I had a lot of gas and loose stools. Lethargic, sick feeling. I skipped a day, so I felt a lot better, decided to try again. Today I took it at noon. I just kept feeling weaker and weaker. I could barely walk. I had awful gas, my chest was tight. I felt awful all day, all night. I only took a half of a 10 mg each time. I am not taking this again, no thanks. I would rather have high blood pressure. I felt better then, lol."

• Anonymous
• April 18, 2012

For High Blood Pressure "I am on 10 mg/day. I've cut down my sodium drastically and have been going for brisk walks for 30 mins/day. I've noticed that about 4 hours after taking the medicine, I felt very dizzy, nauseous, and tired. I wouldn't be able to stand for more than 5 minutes at a time. I usually take it around 10 am, so around 7 pm I went to a pharmacy to check my blood pressure, and it was 95/67. When I woke up the next morning, I decided to go get it checked before taking the medicine, and it was 102/52, so I did not take the medicine that day. Overall, I feel like it's making me feel worse and lowering it way too much!"

• mal...
• March 5, 2013

For High Blood Pressure "I've been taking lisinopril for about a month. It makes me feel calm and a bit tired, but I started taking it before bed and it doesn't bother me. It has been making me feel calm and centered, akin to Prozac, but I assume it's because it thins your blood."

• ruf...
• August 1, 2009

For High Blood Pressure "I am 59 and generally have good blood pressure readings. For whatever reason, it suddenly went up to 190/100. Lisinopril reduced it within a week, but then horrible side effects. Immediately when I got up, my face and neck always felt flushed, and this went on through the day. Sometimes this made it seem like I had a temperature, very spaced out. From the back of my head to above my eyes, there was always a headache. As the morning went on, if I did nothing, I was not too bad, but if I started doing things around the house, I became very tired and drowsy and had to go to sleep."

• Pen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 3, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "I had been watching my BP for a while and knew it was a bit on the marginal side of high. When I finally decided to go see my doctor about it, was when it was 212/110. Couldn't get it below 186/94 no matter what I did. So, he put me on 20 mg with 25 mg HCTZ. Within the week (yesterday was one week) of being on it, my BP at the highest point is 151/86 and generally runs in the 130s over 67 to 76 at the highest. The only problem I'm having is I'm tired!"

• Not...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 20, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I have the type of BP that will shoot up in the doctor's office, even if I go in for a hangnail. Yes, it was somewhat high at home, 130's/80-90. I was put on 20 and hated that the quality of my life is terrible due to exhaustion, tiredness, and sleepiness from the pill. I insisted on trying 10 mg, but of course my BP jumped up in the doctor's office. I'm back on 20, but I don't know if it's worth living this way. The tiredness makes me depressed and makes me feel old. When I quit the pills, the sleepiness goes away. I'm not really overweight, but I'm going to try to lose more to see if that helps. I do exercise, but in the winter, I often don't do as much, and the exhaustion doesn't help."

• Not...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 20, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "I have the type of BP that will shoot up in the doctor's office, even if I go in for a hangnail. Yes, it was somewhat high at home, 130's/80-90. I was put on 20 and hated that the quality of my life is terrible due to exhaustion, tiredness, and sleepiness from the pill. I insisted on trying 10 mg, but of course my BP jumped up in the doctor's office. I'm back on 20, but I don't know if it's worth living this way. The tiredness makes me depressed and makes me feel old. When I quit the pills, the sleepiness goes away. I'm not really overweight, but I'm going to try to lose more to see if that helps. I do exercise, but in the winter, I often don't do as much, and the exhaustion doesn't help."