amlodipine besylate side effects?

[austexman]

I've been taking amlodipine besylate (norvasc) for about 1 and a half months. For the last couple of weeks I've been experiencing very strong anxieties, panic attacks, and a totally sleepless night. I'd been on testim for years now as well and wonder if either one or a combination can be causing them.

[kmw0530]

I was prescribed 5mg amlodipine for hbp in december.  I took it for about a month and began experiencing anxiety, depression and sadness, and panic attacks.  I cut the dose down to 2.5mg.  No problems now.  

[Bubulous]

Sorry I got a little mixed up on that one.  No worries.

[Bubulous]

I always like to learn as much as possible about my medications as well.  They say not to because you may worry about side effects that may occur but I do it anyway and give the meds a chance before I worry about that.  Unfortunately I have no knowledge about the medicine you are talking about but there are a lot of forums on Medhelp to include anxiety as well some that may pertain to the reason you have to take the norvasc.  Good luck and check back here perhaps someone has experience with this.

[Felinity]

In the fall of 2008 I was hospitalized for HBP and prescribed amlodipine. After a few years I added benazapryl. This past week (March 2013) my anxiety/panic disorder reached a new high and have been off work and resting for about a week now. I have not started the prescribed Cymbalta yet, decided to do some research.
A friend of mine who had just started having panic attacks a few months ago told me his doctor switched him from amlodipine to beta blockers (which are also prescribed for anxiety, like stage fright) and the panic attacks are GONE. That got me to thinking. Although I was always high strung, I had never had a panic attack or ongoing anxiety before I started Amlodipine. My first full-blown panic attack occurred on Jan. 1, 2009! Right before I was hospitalized, I was working 60-70 hour weeks and pushing myself very hard. Probably had a role in pushing my blood pressure up, but I never felt anxious or panic-y, just stressed, in a normal way, for me. Tomorrow I will get my prescription changed to Beta blockers, stay on the 5 mg of Valium per day, split in two doses, for a few more weeks, and hopefully be back to my "normal" personality soon. As for the Cymbalta, my research indicates it's only useful short term, and long term EXERCISE is the key. Also, the whole 'low seraton" issue has no medical basis in fact as the key to the problem.