Came of Statins 3 nights ago

Hi Scott thank you for reply..it's very strange as I've told the doctor I would like a scan as I thought and still do think that I may have something wrong with my head...she brushed it off and just said it's vertigo...Its realy frustrating...we know our own bodies..and when something is not right...it's almost like they are fobbing me off...and realy don't believe what ime saying...the doctor also said maybe I should have psychiatric assessment. ..which says to me there is a disbelief of what ime saying. ..I am not at all happy with this doctor so I shall be seeing a new one on Monday and hopefully get all the tests that I am entitled to..thank you so much so for your I'm put as ime made out to be some crazy person at the moment...to hear of others that have had the exact symtoms Is a relief in a kind way of course

Carol,

If you can get a dr to sign off on the mri get it done. It will ease some of the anxiety which will help with the headaches. When I got my results it cut mine in half. It was about 5 to 6 weeks after I quit the statins that the headaches subsided..

Yes Scott I was thinking the same thing..ime going through a list of things ime having checked out now as ime not feeling right at all...just want all this to go away..don't we all hey..your right about the anxiety ime a bit all over the place at the moment but trying to remain calm also.thankyou

I definitely had vertigo

I handed my doc a list of 15 symptoms i believed i had,he took them,but in my online medical record recorded it but sounded sarcastic.

Lee how do you find your online medical record....I was told ..after a blood test ..that I was type 2 diabetic....but since I stopped the statins...my blood sugar levels have been normal....without medication..

Im in the states,our hospital has a service you sign in to look at your records,bloodtests,medical exams etc.

Thats wonderful about your blood sugar

I think that's great being able to have access to your records....I could be wrong...but I don't think we have that here ..in Scotland....

Don't have it in Australia either. I'm sick of Dr's just handing you a pathology request without telling you what you are being tested for. I throw them straight in the bin now

Lee I honestly believe that I never had diabetes....my blood sugar results came back as 11.5...that is supposed to be a diabetic reading.....but I think it was the statins which raised my blood sugar...I only found out later that they did this...when the companies had to put it in the leaflet about side effects...I had already stopped the statins by that time...

I also had a high reading for diabetes but i refused to take the medication. I have no diabetes symptoms. I'll see a specialist before I do anything in regard to that

I was never given medication...only diet and exersise ..oh yes exersise with the pain from statins...my blood tests always came back......and this was my gp's words.......better than a non diabetic....and like you Jane ..I had no symptoms...I did go to the loo a lot...but as I told my gp....I was on water pills....

Ah yes excercise when I can't even walk! I was telling a nurse friend and she said oh just take them, that blew me away too. I don't know if its the Dr's or the kick backs or the government telling them what to do it's very frustrating. I went last week to get two warts removed. he'd have to biopsy them. Hopefully I'll get the results today and would be extremely shocked if it was anything other than a wart. one has gone but the other hasn't I'll have to get that removed again.I'll go to another dr. While I was waiting for the nurse to get everything ready he gave be a pathology request and said get that done. I of course immediately threw it in the bin. He didn't even tell me what it was for. Just because these things are bulk billed do they think they are free? Nothing is free our taxes pay for them and everything thing then goes up.As you can tell I'm very disillusioned with the medical profession.What happened to 'first do no harm' The end

Hi Jane - I had to contact you because I am in Australia too. I wondered whether you read the article in Sydney Morning Herald on Sat 10 Sept, 2nd page, re: Statins not harmful. It also contains the obligatory scare mongering in a statement claiming without statins there is are serious risks. I am also sorry to read here of your situation - 7 years on stats, 2 years off and still with problems. Have they diminished at all in those two years?

Hi Wayne I didn't see that in the herald I'll google it and see what I can find. I did see a report on h 9 sydney news friday 9th sept saying that statins caused only very minor problems in a very tiny amount of people, that it only causes diabetes in an extremely few. well in my opinion that is one too many. The side effects have only diminished a little bit. The worst is because i have developed arthritis in my feet it is worse because of the muscle wastage and the flow on of ligament and tendon strength which makes the feet worse. I've read on this forum people saying it's taken them 5 years to feel better and some never recover   I will never go back on them or any one a day medication, which is a constant battle with my Dr. My Dr retired and i don't like this one so I think I will have to find someone else but its hard

I found it, I think it was probably the same report that was on the news. Don't agree with a word of it. He reckons that only 2 million aussies are taking them and I highly doubt the number is that small

There are different types of vertigo there is positional vertigo which I've had for years and can be treated by an Equilibrium physiotherapist there is also vertigo from meniere's disease which is also diagnosable. There are probably other types which I also imagine are diagnosable so if it none of those it must be the statins. Good luck with your new Dr. Also the 'psychiatric assessment' remark is the most unprofessional thing i've ever heard and very demeaning to you. You should report that carol.