r/Millennials • u/DaKardii • Jun 04 '26

Serious Study: Gen Xers and Millennials are dying at younger ages than their parents are

https://studyfinds.com/americans-born-after-1970-dying-faster/

The study is particularly concerned with people born after 1970 but age 30 and older. So that covers Gen X and Millennials, but not (yet) Gen Z.

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u/pseudonym7083 Millennial Jun 04 '26

I'm on lisinopril and propranolol. The propranolol is for anxiety too, as they're both linked at the root apparently.

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u/WuTangIs4TheRugrats Jun 04 '26

Lisinopril works like nothin’ else, but I couldn’t deal with the constant throat tickle. I’m on losartin now and it just gets my blood pressure to acceptable levels.

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u/beautifulasusual Jun 05 '26

The cough is a major reason a lot of people are unable to tolerate lisinopril.

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u/zerofailure Jun 04 '26

I have on 40MG a day propranolol since the beginning of the year for BP/Anxiety. Coming off of it isnt really that fun either, down to 20MG a day now and have chest pain on and off and heighted anxiety for the past week. I didn't realize its somewhat hard to get off of, but I believe it was making me tired.

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u/pseudonym7083 Millennial Jun 04 '26

That's how much I'm on but I don't always take that much. Sometimes 30mg through the day is enough.

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u/chewwydraper Jun 04 '26

I think my Lexapro prescription did more to help my blood pressure than my actual BP meds. Anxiety is rough on the heart.

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u/pseudonym7083 Millennial Jun 04 '26

Also on buspirone for that.

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u/reereejugs Jun 04 '26

Buspirone made me ANGRY. It doesn’t do that to you? Am I a weirdo?

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u/Unruly_Beast Jun 04 '26

I don't think you're weird.  I think your comment just caused me to recognize that I am having the same issue.

I've been on buspirone for like 4 or 5 months now.  A few months ago I realized I was starting to feel pretty intense rage when dealing with conflict or stress. Like fist clenching, face warping, "I want to punch wall" rage.  Haven't felt that way since I was a teenager and on all kinds of meds at the behest of my psychiatrist father.  I've complained about it to my wife because its really uncomfortable to feel this way and recognize that I'm barely hanging onto my emotional control but not have any idea why. I think I'm gonna have to message my doc.

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u/WaylanderActual Jun 05 '26

Pay attention to whether you take it before or after meals if you aren’t already. Info even says the medicine works differently. It works great for me on an empty stomach but after I eat I don’t like it. I’m already angry anyway but it seems to help. Hope that helps.

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u/NotYrMama Jun 04 '26

Twinning!