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I took simvastatin for 5 days at 5mg... ANXIETY.... ugh.... my jaws still ache, off a few days now.. hope things improve..stlll feel nervous..NEVER again....gonna review my diet and get serious about bringing it down naturally..... Thanks everyone for their comments....

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sandybrown

I am afraid you need to offer more detailed information!

What was the reason for blood tests and statin medication, lipid numbers?

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Atrebatus

It was by chance that I was chatting to a lady about my awful nightmares, vagueness, near-narcoleptic episodes one day. She asked what statin I took, and when I replied "Simvarstatin" she advised me to come off them straightway. That was 6 months ago and now I feel great again.

Suggest you have regular blood tests for your lipids and eat slow-release carbs for breakfast, try and bake your own spelt/oat bread and avoid processed foods by cooking meals yourself.

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MikeM-USA

Hello, I have been on Simvastatin for over 5 years at 20MG per day, my weight is about 250 lbs. I have had no adverse reactions ever, I encourage you to do some research and not give up but find a cholesterol medication that your body can tolerate, high cholesterol kills, really, over time.

My father lived to be 87 without much dementia, but his heart was still good, his problem was cholesterol plaque in the jugular veins, which limited bloodflow to his brain by about 75%. He probably would have lived longer if his cholesterol plaque was not as bad. He was too old for plaque surgery / cleaning, it was a lifelong plaque accumulation.

I have to monitor my liver functioning taking a statin, I get blood work orders without going to a doctors office thru directlabs.com then go to a local nationwide lab, get blood drawn, and get results electronically downloaded to my directlabs account, it's that easy...

I live about 100 miles from Tijuana, Mexico, and you can get these types of medications there without a prescription. Let the doctors see people that need medical consulting, and not just to write prescriptions and read blood work reports, that's how I see it. Blood work reports are not hard to read, each component has a low & high range, and then your actual result.

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