I am a 58 year old male American living in Latvia for the past 2 years. My wife and I are very health conscious using very little salt, eating no fast foods or sodas, plenty of fresh fruit, drinking apx. 1.5 - 2 liters of water per day. I briskly walk for a half hour, min., per day as well as jump rope for a half hour daily and do push ups, sit ups, etc.
I am 6' and 195lbs.
A few years ago my bp began to rise and seemed to level off at around 150/90. My Dr. put me on Lisinopril, 10mg daily. Helped a little, but was erratic. It was increased to 20 mg and my bp was much better, but only for about half a day. This was increased to 20 mg twice a day and now my bp averages 120/80 at just about any time.
In the last year, I developed a swollen left eye with partial paralysis causing double vision.
I have had (both in Latvia and in the US ) MRI's, CT scans, and various blood tests.
The diagnosis was that my TSI was elevated and causing this. All other Thyroid tests fell well within the normal range, so I was told to wait it out, it could correct itself in a year or two, just keep a watch on my thyroid levels.
My latest test ( less than a week ago ) showed my levels to be:
Test Results normal units
T3 1.3 1.1 - 2.7 nmol/L
Free T3 5.4 2.8 -8.0 pmol/L
Free T4 11.6 10.3 - 24.5 pmol/L
TSH 1.7 .4 - 4.0 mU/L
Anti TSH
Receptor 2.34
Could this be the result of my taking Lisinopril?