[AnnieBL]

I was very interested in your experiences with atenolol. I should mention that I have been taking an ACE inhibitor (ramipril) together with first furosemide then HCT since well before I started on BBs, first bisoprolol and more recently atenolol. Increasing doses of BB had very little apparent effect on rising BP (to peaks of over 200/120) most of the time (although an increasing severe and ultimately killing effect on male function), but once BP was very effectively controlled by a CCB (amlopidine), atenolol appeared to be causing deep dips in BP, even as far as 67/42, and very regularly into hypotension territory. I have also been suffering from Raynaud's syndrome which is a known side effect of BBs. Reducing atenolol has helped even out the dips, but average blood pressure has actually gone down to around 100/65, while the Raynaud's is still with me. So I am keen to see what will be the effect of stopping atenolol altogether, as I take successive steps to clear the decks for an attempt to at restoring male function (which will include stopping PM for a while).

I find your own achievements fabulous. I was also intrigued by your comment in another thread that they don't seem to attract particular attention in public provided you don't wear a bra, possibly because so many older men sport moobs in any case. This was something I hoped might be the case, although the breast development of my female blood relations makes me think that I am very unlikely ever to achieve anything approaching your own success.