Medication for blood pressure

If you experience any side effects at all, they're likely to only last for a while. It's a calcium channel blocker - long story short it relaxes your arterial walls so lowering BP.

I'm on 4 flavours of hypertension meds, a diuretic, calcium channel blocker, beta-blocker and an angiotensin II receptor antagonist (try saying that 3 times quickly). I've been on various combinations for 14 years now, and apart from the first couple of months where I felt a little spacy, I honestly can't say I feel any adverse side effects. I do sweat a lot but then I always have. The Wikipedia page for amlopidine doesn't mention excessive sweating, though it does mention a 1 in 10 chance of swollen ankles, which I do find I get after a day standing up at work, or a long seated train/plane/bus journey.

I ride as hard as I ever did, and apart from the difference caused by carrying 2 stone more than I did when I was in my 20s I can't spot any BP medication related issues. Don't worry about it, get out & ride!

Yes, diet always worth trying. For what it's worth (and always remembering, the plural of 'anecdote' is NOT 'data'), my diet is predominantly vegan (though I'm not one), with plenty of fruit, only rarely allowing myself salt (and how I miss it!), and of course plenty of cycling exercise, but over the 14 years since diagnosis my BP has continued to rise. Constant monitoring and changes to my cocktail of meds keeps it in control. 95% of hypertensives have 'essential hypertension', which is a fancy way of saying 'no idea why your BP is high, it just is'.