Opionion symptoms and conditions

Hello I'm a 41 year old female, and I took Lipitor 20 mgs for 6 months about two years ago. When I called my doctor's office to complain about side effects they told me it couldn't be the Lipitor because I had been taking it for a month already, and would have had problems before that. I eventually took myself off of the drug 5 months later. Here are some of the side effects I experienced:
Itchy fingertips, increased blood pressure, 30lb weight gain, shaky hand writing, acne, poor driving skills, poor memory, hair loss, "frozen joints", IBS, incontinence, low grade fever, itchy feet, numb toes, numb hands, foggy brain, joint pain, muscle pain, foot pain, plantar pain, dizzy, jaw pain, back and neck pain, week ankles and wrists, nasal allergies, skin rashes, migraines, heartburn, Increase in Astham, heart palpitations, knee pain, difficulty standing up from sitting position, difficulty climbing stairs, water retention alternating in feet, hands, arms and legs, almost constant taste of bile in my mouth.
These are only the ones I can remember. Two years down the road everything but the muscle and joint pain and weakness is gone. even those have improved a lot. I stopped taking the Lipitor and lost all 30lbs I had gained on it, without dieting, in a months time. I still have two toes on each foot that are partially numb. I have trouble climbing stairs, and getting up from a sitting position. I can do both, but I move slowly while doing them. The pain in my muscles and joints drives me crazy, but I'm grateful that the rest of the symptoms have cleared up. My doctor never believed me about my symptoms, and neither does my new doctor really. Went to the emergency room for asthma that was not responding to my inhaler, and they were about to let me go home when I mentioned to the doctor that I had been on Lipitor. Suddenly a huge battery of tests were ordered including a CT scan and a stress test. When I asked the doctor why he said that they just wanted to be sure that it wasn't something other than asthma. Why did they do that after hearing about the Lipitor? Do they know something? Are there doctors who believe that statins are killing and seriously injuring people? I'm so angry. Even as I sit here typing I know when I stand up I will have massive amounts of pain that I will have to "walk off". My quadriceps have not recovered, and remain ridiculously weak.
If I can stop one other person from going through this I will be happy. Thanks everyone for taking the time to list your symptoms. It makes me feel better to know that someone believes me, and knows what I am going through.

My son age 3 was diagnosed with asthma about a year ago. Since then he has been sick constantly. Most recently his doctor has prescribed Singulair. He is aggressively pushing it on us. I stated my concerns to him, and he said there is nothing wrong with the drug.. he gets all the news letters.. and all the things I listed was the first time he heard anything.. I asked for his to refer us to a specialist and he wont.. I cant find anyone for a second opinion..My son needs medicine- at night i cant leave his side cause of his breathing.. The doctor wont suggest any alternate and I am stuck. I keep reading about all the people who are not taking singulair anymore- what what are they taking? I am completely lost here!

I have been diagnosed with Dermatomyositis (muscle disease called inflammotaroy myopathies)....very painful and weak is my whole body...wherever there is a muscle< I was in pain. They tested for Lupus and still not out of woods on that one....but they are treating me for the other as the symtoms with the skin also......I have been taking Prednisone for 11 days now in doses of 20mg three x day...It has taken my extreme pain away at night as I was so inflammed my pressure areas of my body would not only be in pain but numb....my body is very weak underlying complaint and unable to walk a great deal, but must keep working on my job....so it has at least help me to keep going....One thing is my voice and my eating are altered as I can not swallow because of my muscles "giving up" when they become tired in my neck....So I must be careful what and how I eat......and I anwer phones all day at work and talk with residents in a Retirement Community here in Prescott AZ....and my speech is getting harder and harder to control at times....Weight gain....not yet as I am watching that I eat only "good" food that counts when I can eat it......I do not know if this is from the Prednisone or from the disease I have....I have heard conflicting answers. If anyone could let me know, I would listen to another opionion.....God is good and He will provide strenghth and care for me.....have faith!

I am so glad to see that I'm not really going crazy and that it is the medication that's making me think that. I've been on wellbutrin for about 9 months now and I kept telling my doctor that something wasn't right? but he kept saying I would be o.k. it would take awhile. so i went and got a second opionion and of-course i was right. She said most likely it was the wellbutrin so i go in tomorrow for a CT and she took me off the drug. i was put on for depression which it seem to help in that aspect but maybe me gain weight, loss my memory, concentration problems, very moody, bad headaches, bad acne, and so on. I am not on any other drug so thats not it. my husband can hardly stand to live with me anymore he said I'm not the same women he married and if something didn't change he is living me.

I have been on prednisone 15mg,plaquneil 200mg,cellcept 1750mg everyday for the past 19years. I have chronic Lupus Nephritis ever since I was 8yrs old. But recently I had a major relapse so thats why I am currenlty on alot of meds. But I want to get off prednisone I don't like it.So I am going to get a second opionion from a different nephrologist. I want to go on Immuran instead of prednisone. Lets see how it goes. God bless!!