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Hi all...
3 weeks ago my GP agreed as my fasting lipids showed a large rise in my cholestrol level up to 8.6% :shock:
Despite my HbA1c coming down another 1% to 7% with my sheer concentrated efforts ...
Wasnt happy at all to hear this either.
We both agreed the simvastatin clearly isnt working to reduce my cholestrol level.
So I was advised to stop taking it. So I did...
I suffered very itchy skin , prickly heat , twitchy legs , to the point it even kept me wake.
My skin felt too sensitive after showering and then felt even worse when using hair drier,
even wearing clothes made me itchy n jumpy ! My skin felt damp n wet too at times. It was awful...
Should I have been 'weaned' off them instead ?
Looking back could I have been going 'cold turkey'?? With all these symptoms.
Anyone else experienced this when just 'stopped' taking/using simvastatin?
Had been taking it 2 years up to completely stopping ...
Have to also mention whilst on the simvastatin I 'did' experience
1. Hair loss , dry skin
2. strong vivid dreams
3. leg pains and cramping in muscles
These are now thankfully subsiding and I do feel more generally comfortable being
relieved of these side effects.
Plus the lab had put a note into my GP requesting a full peptide retest whatever that/this means?
My GP said he would write to my consultant again , making him aware of these facts.
Am due to see my consultant for a reveiw on my fasting lipid results and am wondering
what options [meds wise] he may try to prescribe for the raised cholestrol of 8.6%.
As I know this isnt a good result ...
Anna.
3 weeks ago my GP agreed as my fasting lipids showed a large rise in my cholestrol level up to 8.6% :shock:
Despite my HbA1c coming down another 1% to 7% with my sheer concentrated efforts ...
Wasnt happy at all to hear this either.
We both agreed the simvastatin clearly isnt working to reduce my cholestrol level.
So I was advised to stop taking it. So I did...
I suffered very itchy skin , prickly heat , twitchy legs , to the point it even kept me wake.
My skin felt too sensitive after showering and then felt even worse when using hair drier,
even wearing clothes made me itchy n jumpy ! My skin felt damp n wet too at times. It was awful...
Should I have been 'weaned' off them instead ?
Looking back could I have been going 'cold turkey'?? With all these symptoms.
Anyone else experienced this when just 'stopped' taking/using simvastatin?
Had been taking it 2 years up to completely stopping ...
Have to also mention whilst on the simvastatin I 'did' experience
1. Hair loss , dry skin
2. strong vivid dreams
3. leg pains and cramping in muscles
These are now thankfully subsiding and I do feel more generally comfortable being
relieved of these side effects.
Plus the lab had put a note into my GP requesting a full peptide retest whatever that/this means?
My GP said he would write to my consultant again , making him aware of these facts.
Am due to see my consultant for a reveiw on my fasting lipid results and am wondering
what options [meds wise] he may try to prescribe for the raised cholestrol of 8.6%.
As I know this isnt a good result ...
Anna.