Affective symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Lipitor for 3 years; I started having problems with my finger and thumb on my left hand. I passed it off as arthritis. Not being aware of the side effects of Lipitor. Then I started having numbness in my finger tips. My Dr said it could be a pinched nerve in my neck. However, tests are expensive with no insurance, so I bypassed the MRI. In the last 6 months I have been getting weaker in my legs, I can hardly walk a block without my legs starting to shake. Yesterday I was at work and went to walk down a flight of stairs and almost fell. I had to do a lot of walking and my knees started giving out on me. I was so embarrassed. I had to stop and rest, and let the rest go on. My husband saw a Lipitor commercial and heard the side effects one being Muscle weakness. I have stopped Lipitor affective today. I will be sending my Dr an e-mail immediately after this to let her know I am discontinuing Lipitor. I am afraid of what I have done to meself. I just hope I can get my health back.

I just wanted to respond to someone looking for a great birth control pill. I have had one child and being slightly over-weight has always been a problem for me. After I had my daughter, my doctor put me on Ovcon! I did not even feel like I was on anything. I did not gain any wieght, infact I was actually able to continue to lose pregnancy weight. It has also been affective in doing its intended job. (No more children yet) I have been on it almost two years and I swear by it. I was some orthos before I got pregnant and hated them.