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<blockquote data-quote="copey399" data-source="post: 999512" data-attributes="member: 193670"><p>I was put on Atorvastin 12 years ago because my dearest son died of a heart attack at the age of 36 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> We were all tested for cholesterol and I think mine was about 8 so put on 40mg a day. I've never noticed side effects such as muscle cramps or anything but my back pain has got progressively worse over the years but I've never connected the two. </p><p></p><p>After reading something similar to the above findings I decided to stop taking it. My DN had already said that my cholesterol was "great" as I had started following the lchf way of eating. About 3-4 days after stopping them I felt awful. Pain under my ribcage and upper shoulder blade and just generally not feeling good. May or may not have been related but I went back on them and felt better (co-incidence?). </p><p></p><p>Despite drastically cutting carbs and increasing fats I still wasn't getting great results with my BS readings (which were still in the 6-7s).</p><p></p><p>I decided a new strategy, to take one on alternate days. It's only been just over a week but my BS went down to mainly 5-6s. I can't believe that just cutting down on the statins could have such an immediate effect so again, could just be co-incidence. I shall continue to experiment and maybe even try a half every other day. I didn't know there were withdrawal symptoms if you just stop taking them but as I said, I might have felt bad anyway. (I have since read that you can just stop taking them cold turkey without side effects)</p><p></p><p>I've got my cholesterol test print out but I don't really understand it. Can anyone else make sense of it please? I did look at the links above but I still can't figure it out. My DN seemed to think it was good but what about the below range HDL?</p><p></p><p>Serum total cholesterol level 3.8</p><p>Serum triglyceride levels 1.4</p><p>Serum HDL (Below range) 0.82</p><p></p><p>HDL/total cholesterol ratio 21.6%</p><p>Serum Cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.6</p><p>Calculated LDL cholesterol level 2.3</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="copey399, post: 999512, member: 193670"] I was put on Atorvastin 12 years ago because my dearest son died of a heart attack at the age of 36 :( We were all tested for cholesterol and I think mine was about 8 so put on 40mg a day. I've never noticed side effects such as muscle cramps or anything but my back pain has got progressively worse over the years but I've never connected the two. After reading something similar to the above findings I decided to stop taking it. My DN had already said that my cholesterol was "great" as I had started following the lchf way of eating. About 3-4 days after stopping them I felt awful. Pain under my ribcage and upper shoulder blade and just generally not feeling good. May or may not have been related but I went back on them and felt better (co-incidence?). Despite drastically cutting carbs and increasing fats I still wasn't getting great results with my BS readings (which were still in the 6-7s). I decided a new strategy, to take one on alternate days. It's only been just over a week but my BS went down to mainly 5-6s. I can't believe that just cutting down on the statins could have such an immediate effect so again, could just be co-incidence. I shall continue to experiment and maybe even try a half every other day. I didn't know there were withdrawal symptoms if you just stop taking them but as I said, I might have felt bad anyway. (I have since read that you can just stop taking them cold turkey without side effects) I've got my cholesterol test print out but I don't really understand it. Can anyone else make sense of it please? I did look at the links above but I still can't figure it out. My DN seemed to think it was good but what about the below range HDL? Serum total cholesterol level 3.8 Serum triglyceride levels 1.4 Serum HDL (Below range) 0.82 HDL/total cholesterol ratio 21.6% Serum Cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.6 Calculated LDL cholesterol level 2.3 [/QUOTE]
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