[stomachmonkey]

I stopped taking Simvastatin accidentally.

Like you I felt constantly fatigued. Odd muscle/joint pain and really bad bloat where it looked like I was 30 lbs heavier than I actually was.

My prescription needed renewing but my doc could not see me for the yearly and I was going away on vacation.

He gave me one more 30 day refill but it was a few days before I could pick it up.

I had always suspected it was contributing to some of my issues.

After a couple of days without it I felt just the slightest bit better so I decided to see what happend if I stopped, after all I could always get back on it and what harm could a week or two really do.

In less than 2 weeks I had more energy and my "beer belly" was gone. My wife looked at me and asked how I had lost so much weight in such a short period of time.

I really looked like I was pregnant.

I've given up bacon, eat red meat maybe once a week now, load up on Omegas and do just about anything I can to reduce naturally.

Last cholesterol test I came in slightly over borderline.

Have a physical coming up again soon so we'll see what's what.