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What Causes Severe Dizziness While On Lisinopril And Hydrochlorothiazide?

This only happened once before to me, about 12 years ago. Today I was washing my dishes and I became dizzy (or lost my balance ability ). I started to feel this coming on and it quickly became more severe. I was afraid I was going to fall and prepared to lower myself to the floor if necessary. I did not fall, as I held onto the counter. I walked into my bedroom, only by means of going very slowly/carefully and holding onto furniture all the way. I came in and sat on my bed. The dizzyness was slowly normalizing. I laid down for about 1/2 hour and now am fine, I guess. I have high blood pressure but it is well controlled with daily Lysinopril 25 mg, Hydrochlorothiazide 20 mg, and a baby aspirin (all one daily). I live alone. My talking is normal. I have no symptoms now, but should I be concerned??
Fri, 30 Mar 2018
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Thanks for trusting HealthCare magic for your health problems.

Two possibilities are there.

As lisinopril is known to cause dizziness, in your case it could be due to lisinopril.

Second thing it might be possible that your blood pressure have gone below normal range causing hypotensive dizziness.

So check your blood pressure. If it's normal, try reducing dose of lisinopril.

For that consult treating physician.

Least possible reason could also be inner ear / cerebellum problem causing dizziness.

If above possible reasons are not there consult ENT specialist first and then neurophysician.

Regards
Dr hiren
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What Causes Severe Dizziness While On Lisinopril And Hydrochlorothiazide?

Hi Thanks for trusting HealthCare magic for your health problems. Two possibilities are there. As lisinopril is known to cause dizziness, in your case it could be due to lisinopril. Second thing it might be possible that your blood pressure have gone below normal range causing hypotensive dizziness. So check your blood pressure. If it s normal, try reducing dose of lisinopril. For that consult treating physician. Least possible reason could also be inner ear / cerebellum problem causing dizziness. If above possible reasons are not there consult ENT specialist first and then neurophysician. Regards Dr hiren