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I love it when darth_ender posts meaningful numbers all throughout Off Topic and not just in chess threads.  I hope he has made you all happy!

1640 AZ time

If I were any happier I might literally die.

Wow, ender's posts really have you worked up!

Possessed said:

If I were any happier I might literally die.

 WRONG THREAD!!!

WRONG.

I miss all my old friends.  :(

Old as in chronologically or old as in biologically?

Neglify said:

WONG THREAD!

 WANG THREAD!

Well my pharmacy won't refill my blood pressure medicine anymore (lisinopril 10 mg) and says I'll have to talk to my doctor.  I've been off of it for a few days now and I'm starting to think I'd be better off just not taking it any more.  It wasn't ever dangerously high to begin with, just a little higher than they'd like for it to be.  I know it's best to talk to a doctor before getting off of medicine and probably would want me to wean off, but meh, if I die from not taking such a low dose of a medicine then I probably didn't have much of a life span anyway.

Since I've quit, I feel better in some ways and worse in others.  I feel like there's a knot in my chest and slight pressure in my head.  No pain though, just a tight feeling.  Most likely either a withdrawal from the med or just anxiety/nerves from simply knowing I'm not taking my medicine.  But I feel better in that my heartbeat feels much more regular.  (when I was on the medicine it would speed up and slow down frequently, which while it's a normal side effect of the medicine it was very annoying and it made me feel weird at times.  Don't miss that) And I don't have a palpitation anymore which I had while taking the medicine (best way to describe it would be an uncomfortable awareness of my own heartbeat), as well as I no longer get dizzy or lightheaded upon standing up or get out of breath as easily, also my muscles feel alot stronger now, lifting the same objects at work now feels much easier than it did when I was on the medicine (which I was on for three years).  So I'm hoping that in a few days my system will adjust and I will lose the feeling of tightness/tenseness and will just simply have the benefits of not having the medicine, which I'm not entirely sure I needed to begin with but nevertheless developed a dependency from being on it so long.  I'm hoping that without taking it my system will adapt and lower my BP on it's own.  The highest it ever was without the medicine was 143/85 and that was a high it wasn't usually even that high, and with the medicine it was about 130/78 most of the time, and I kindof think that being on this medicine at such a young age (early 20's) was merely hampering my body's natural ability to fight BP.  It was only high to begin with because I was smoking K2, which I haven't done in over two years now.

You're right, that's a low dose and it sounds like you are not really in serious need of it.  You are off the K2 which was causing it.  Have you checked your BP since?  If it's not very high, I doubt that you coming off it would even be the cause of any chest tightness or lightheadedness.  I think you are better off without it.

That said, I agree, it is best to consult with a doctor before changing your meds.  But I suspect he/she would agree with me.

Indeed.  I haven't started getting lightheaded since I quit taking it, I was occasionally getting it before when I was taking it (only occasionally and usually only when standing up suddenly... probably just a sudden drop in BP) and it has stopped since I quit taking it.

You're probably right about the chest tightness.  My guess is that it is mainly caused by anxiety of knowing I'm not taking medicine that I've been used to taking for 3 and a half years.

And I suspect you're right about my doctor agreeing, seeing as when I saw her a year ago she said I could quit taking it if I wanted to.  :)  A year ago I was just at a time where I was suffering constant panic attacks and the thought of changing something like that was too scary so I opted to keep everything the same.  Truth be told I wouldn't have stopped taking it now if they hadn't refused my refill, but I'm starting to be glad that they did.  I'm still having bad anxiety, but I'm starting to see some physical benefits of not taking it (and I had become so used to the side effects I'd forgotten they weren't normal.  I was so used to getting out of breath and having an irregular heartbeat I'd convinced myself that I was just in horrible physical condition (which I'm really not in too bad of shape which I can see now that I'm not taking it anymore) and that I just had a weird heartbeat)

Indeed, and by this I mean no offense, but judging by the dependency it sounds you may have developed for other substances, I wonder how much they might be involved in your anxiety, headaches, etc.  However I don't want to lecture you.  You're a good guy, and I'm glad you have one less thing to take.  I hope you work through whatever discomfort you are feeling soon :)

Have you / will you see a doctor?  Are you on medication?  Both can help.

TV's Frink's right, Leonardo.  You should try to get some help from somebody.  If you get help, you might be able to help others at some point and thereby become worthy of the help that you don't feel that you currently deserve.

ray_afraid is right about Chewtobacca being right about TV's Frink being right!

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