
Are Anxiety And Stress Side Effects Of Blood Pressure Medication?

I would recommend as follows:
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Hello!
Welcome on HCM!
I understand your concern and would explain that anxiety is not a known adverse effect of amlodipine.
This drug can cause headache or palpitations, but not anxiety.
Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with his attending physician and performing some tests to investigate for the possible causes underlying his symptoms:
- complete blood count for anemia
- a resting ECG
- thyroid hormone levels for possible thyroid gland dysfunction
- blood electrolytes.
It is also necessary measuring his blood pressure values.
If all the above tests result normal, I would recommend discussing with his doctor on the possibility of switching from amlodipine to another antihypertensive drug. In this regard, I would recommend an ARB (valsartan, telmisartan, etc.) instead of amlodipine, which may be tolerated better.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri

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