mw2023- I've had hight blood pressure since the age of 50 and I am now 76. To begin with one atenolol helped, but over the years I've been forced to change meds and add others. They say I'm maxed out.
I'm forced to take 10mg of amlodipine, along with losartan in the morning, atenolol twice daily and one hydralazine in over 140, two hydralazine if over 160 in the pm. Clonidine if over 180. You are so right about 5mg not causing swelling and 10mg does causing ankle swelling. I'm allergic to elastic so with elastic stockings I must wear a 100% cotton sock, plastic bag then put on the elastic sock. It's not doable in this summer heat.
I'm very tempted to cut back the amlodipine to 5 mg.