Feeling Tired....all the time.

[Liquidlunch]

Hi,

I was diagnosed with Angina May 2019 and subsequently had a stent fitted. All was great pretty much straight away I was back to my normal self. I am quite active until recently working outdoors fulltime and keeping myself fit. I am on a variety of medication ie. Atorvastatins, Amplodipine, Bisoprolol and Asprin, in the last 2 weeks I have started to feel tired all the time pretty much can't be bothered to do anything. I still try to keep myself active forcing myself out for long works and keeping busy about the house but all I want to do is sleep. I usually sleep well at night so its not that, anybody got any ideas??

Many thanks

[Phil_London]

I would like to hear also as I have a similar story, I am still very active but I have noticed some days I hit a wall of fatigue and tiredness, I uave one stent to my LAD 15 months ago, I have heard it can be the meds, specifically for me the dtatin which we are looking at the dose, but yes I do 7nderstand, I am fitter now, eat well, excersise and think I shouldn't feel like this, some days wake up tired after 8 hours good uninterrupted sleep, part of me thinks its this home working, less time walking from one place to another or around the office, just sat at a PC screen on conference calls as opposed to meetings out and about. Just not sure.

[Bellipan]

Hi good news is you're not alone. I had a single stent fitted 6 months ago and have a general lethargic feeling most of the time. I combat it by walking cycling etc because otherwise I'll turn into a couch potato, and nap. I take Atorvastatin and Ramipril at night and they are like taking a sleeping tablet! I'm out for the count till morning. I get off the Clopidogrel in a few days so I'm hoping that might help, but I posted a query on that on this site earlier this week, and no one has replied to say that's the case, so have to see. Sorry I have not given you any real advice, but to let you know it has the same affect on others might help a bit.

[Sunnie2day]

You write you're on Bisoprolol (in addition to other medications), what is your dosage? Mine is the lowest (1.25mg+300mg aspirin every morning) and I do notice since going on it over a year ago I 'flag' around 1pm (flag to the point of napping sometimes); I catch a second wind then am yer basic useless after 9pm. And I have a harder time becoming fully awake in the morning - I have to wait an hour or so to be sure I'm safe to shower or do routine morning household chores (worked that out the hard way - nearly fell over in the shower and broke dishes trying to get breakfast going, yikes!).

I mentioned it to my doctor who told me the benefits outweigh the side effects (she was spot-on and the cardiologist agreed) and since I'm on the lowest dose taken in the morning she didn't have any suggestions towards lessening the effect.

Talk with your doctor - medications can be adjusted or changed to fine-tune things.

[Liquidlunch in reply to Sunnie2day]

I am also on the lowest dose of Bisoprolol 1.25mgs and only 75mgs of Asprin, but I am on 80mg of Atorvastatin and 10mgs of Amlodipine. So it probably is the meds.

[Sunnie2day in reply to Liquidlunch]

The beta blocker and aspirin are my only medications, I have other conditions (heart and some other non-heart) but those are controlled with lifestyle rather than meds. It would definitely be worth talking with the doctor about - you're on a few meds besides the beta blocker so it might just be an adjustment is wanted.

[Qualipop]

I would think definitely medication. Talk t o

your doctor. One of mine made me so tired I couldn't function at all but I can't now remember which one.

[Liquidlunch]

Thanks for all the replies feel like its pretty normal so not so worried now.

[Bob6969]

Trust me......it’s the Statins.......

[Zemer]

Hi, it sounds like you were doing really well and now no energy and no motivation to do anything. That can creep in at this time of year but I would talk to GP, get some blood tests to make sure you are not lacking in something. I had stents fitted last August and have just come past my year and off the anti platelets so I'm a bit nervous of that change even though I'm glad to be off them. Hope all works out for you and you get your energy back.