Sorry if this is long but I want to give the whole story.
I gave birth 13 weeks ago, I developed pre-eclampsia the day after delivery and ended up spending a week in the hospital. I was prescribed enalapril 5mg to lower my blood pressure and it worked fine until approx 6 weeks post-natal when I began feeling really ill. My symptoms were headache, shortness of breath, blurred vision, dizziness and tingling in my hands. These symptoms were not constant, the best way I can descibe them is that they're like attacks that occured once or twice a day. Despite numerous visits to my GP, he did nothing to help. My BP went up when I was having them but was generally okay and that was all he seemed to see.
Eventually the symptoms got so bad my DH insisted I went to A&E to get checked over. They gave me an ECG and blood tests which were fine and said I was experiencing nasty side effects from my medication. So I went back to my GP and told him what the hospital said and he took me off the pills completely. A week later my BP was sky high so he prescribed me Bendroflumethiazide (2.5mg). I was feeling much better taking these until a few days ago, I now keep having "attacks" of headache, dehydration and blurred vision, although not as severe as before. My GP still insists there is nothing wrong with me and I think he thinks i'm becoming a hypochondriac to be honest. I'm absolutely not, these symptoms are very real and I have rarely suffered illnesses before and very very rarely go to the doctors with anything.
So, what could be wrong and how do I get my GP to help me?
TIA x