Actos and lipitor

In January of 2008 I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type II, I was prescribed 500 mg of Metformin twice a day. After six weeks of therapy it was still ranging in the 200+, then the doctor added Actos 30mg and Lipitor 20 mg. One month after taking these, I started feeling dizzy, light headed. Then one day out of blue while driving to work, I had what I felt as a severe panic attack, fast heartbeat and sensation of near-fainting and a throbbing headache. At first I though it was just severe anxiety. I let the doctor know he just said it was stress related anxiety and referred me to see a therapist. Kept taking Actos and Lipitor and the episodes kept coming stronger and more frequently. To make a long story short, my children got concerned and looked up the medications I was on and looked up my symptoms on a website called ****** and discovered that I was not the only one having these same side effects. I have stopped taking the medications now for four days and my symptoms have stopped and starting to slowly feeling better.

Leg swelling, bad feeling of being flushed-hot-in head area-numbness of tongue or burning sensation of tongue and lethargic too. What is this?
Since taking Actos, I have gained weight and want to eat all the time.
I am diabetic and also on Lipitor, Metaformin, Starlix, and water pills.
Are any of these drugs interacting poorly for me? I was put on Actos because my sugar would not go down.