I just started taking meds for High Blood Pressure and I feel horrible.

But my mood is the pits. I swing from near tears to wanting to tell my boss to kiss off. I am upset about every little thing. I am so tired. I ache all over.

All of these are side effects of High Blood Pressure meds. I called the doc and made an appointment to see about a med change. But I was looking up all the different kinds of meds and checking all of their side effects and they all cause mood problems, you can be tired and the flu symptoms.

What do you do? A med that causes a mood problem isn't help to someone with a mood disorder.

I feel like I have to make a big life choice now and decide if I would rather die early and have everyone say "gee what a nice lady" than live to be 80 and have everyone say "gee it sure took that crazy b**** a long time to go".

grumble, grumble, grrrr