Hi @jacko. I have recent experience with Lisinopril plus Tenormin and would be glad to exchange information with you. What is your experience with this combination of hypertension medications?

Please I would like your help as I get anxiety attacks if I don't take<br>Valium 50 mgs (5 tablet every 5 hours) I find that the doctors in Mumbai<br>India have stopped giving me A prisction for them.Please let me know what<br>other medications that I can take which are similar. Thanking you. Yours<br>sincerely Maya oberoi.<br>

Hi @user_ch824a68b. Several members can answer this for you, therefore I'm tagging @predictable, @jacko, @dawn_giacabazi and @llecrup.

@user_ch824a68b Welcome to Connect .

I am looking forward to learning a little more about you and some of these treatments you've used in the past. I have some experience and would like to share some things I've learned.

There are so many different ways to help treat anxiety. Here's a link to some basic information on anxiety and I would also like to share a second lead with you on some therapeutic, self-management techniques that are very helpful in conjunction with medication or alone.

Dawn

@user_ch824a68b, alternatives for Valium my be found named on the following web site: https://www.drugs.com/valium.html.
Be aware, however, that doctors know that these medications are similar to Valium and are unlikely to prescribe them just because they go by a different name. You should expect to have a good conversation with your doctor to flesh out your issues with him/her fully.

@user_ch824a68b- So glad you reached out to our Connect Group Maya. I have had experience with severe anxiety attacks many years ago though I can share a few things with you. For a long time I tried to hide my anxiety, but as I continued to cross off things that I felt I could no longer do (drive on freeways & bridges, fly on airplanes, visit larger cities, etc.) I realized I needed help. This whole thing was rather new at the time, but I found a Psychiatrist who was able to help some using some Psychotherapy, but I have to say that he also wrote a prescription for both Klonopin and Xanax. The Xanax was supposed to be used for situations that I needed something that was fast acting. I did not find that very helpful though and in one situation I had to pull off the side of a freeway and felt an extreme fear to stop, but also felt incapable of driving in the traffic. I felt paralyzed! The Klonopin (5 mg) I was taking finally kicked in after a few weeks and that really made the difference for me. It took that edge off and I would cut one in half and keep it in my pocket when I knew I was going to do something that was tough for me. Many times knowing I had it with me was all I needed and other times I took it.
Well, as time when on I felt I was beginning to do many of the things that I thought I may never do them again. I still take a small dose of the generic form of Klonopin called Clonazepam and it been over 20 years now. This my story. I would encourage you to not be afraid to reach out to your friends and medical community. Explaining what you go through with friends will take much of the stress off and you will be surprised how much that will help you. It is a process that will take time and you will experience the highs of success and sometimes unfortunately a tough time that comes out of no where. For me, prayer and listening to worship music helped me a lot.
I hope you continue to reach out to your immediate family & friends and us on Connect! God Bless.

Hi, just last week I visited a well known cardiologist in my area following<br>up on my skipped or otherwise known as ectopic heart beats. I'm scheduled<br>for a treadmill test and echocardiogram this week. This cardiologist asked<br>me why was I taking propanolol (a betablocker). I explained to him I had<br>been on metropolol for a long period to help with my blood pressure and<br>that a recent cardiologist visit had replaced motropolol to propanolol to<br>also help with my palpitations that I experience from time to time. This<br>current cardiologist told me that beta blockers do not help with blood<br>pressure. Is this true? He also told me that taking supplements like Omega<br>3 and CoQ 10 are not helpful at all either. My PCP just told me they are<br>good to take. Just curious what you guys think. Thanks.....<br>

Sorry, and by the way the current cardiologist told me it might be better<br>off treating the anxiety because they really don't treat premature heart<br>beat conditions.<br><br>

That's interesting @mikefox909. Did he explain why he thought beta blockers would not help blood pressure?? I know in general the Beta blockers work by blocking the effects of the hormone epinephrine, also known as adrenaline. When you take beta blockers, your heart beats more slowly and with less force, thereby reducing blood pressure. It maybe he doesn't feel it is more beneficial in your situation. I would definitely ask him to clarify it for you.

Before I started taking mine my blood pressures were 300/200's. I was admitted to St Marys Hosp, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. But I have very high hormone levels and I take a beta blocker, calcium channel blockers, vasodilator, and a potassium sparing diuretic to help keep my pressures at a somewhat safe level.

Good luck on your tests this week!!
Dawn

@mikefox909, you asked what I think of that cardiologist's comments on beta blockers, Omega 3, and CoQ10. I won't comment on the three substances, but I will say that there are just as many cardiologists who DON'T KNOW what they are taking about when it comes to hypertension as there are those who DO. As respects blood pressure, I have found that any advice I receive from any cardiologist must be second-guessed by either another cardiologist or a nephrologist (who is treating my hypertension). I'd suggest that you have a long discussion with that cardiologist AND with another cardiologist or a nephrologist on the questions you raise.