Lipitor and patience

I WORK WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL SOFTWARE DESIGN AND BILLING SOFTWARE. 1 MONTH AFTER I STARTED LIPITOR I STARTED TO FORGET THINGS LIKE CODES THAT I WORK WITH EVERY DAY AND BY THE SECOND MONTH I ALMOST LOST MY JOB WITH AN EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF MENTAL BLUNDERS AND VERY SERIOUS AND YET SILLY MISTAKES. ON MY WIFE'S (NOT MY DOCTOR WHO STILL DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM) ADVICE I QUIT TAKING IT. 6 MONTHS LATER I AM FINE AND THANKS TO THE PATIENCE OF MY BOSS I KEPT MY JOB. BUT I DEFINITELY HAD A MEMORY LOSS THAT WAS ALMOST DEBILITATING. IT IS ONLY AN OPINION, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF USERS ARE OLDER THE MEMORY PROBLEMS ARE CHALKED UP TO OLD AGE AND NOT THE DRUG. IF I WERE NOT IN A DEMANDING MENTAL JOB I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED IT.

I just found this site after my Dr. took me off of Lipitor. I cried as I read all of the posts that described my symptoms perfectly. Constant muscle pain, extreme "brain fog", joint pain, fatige- all given the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. I am 56 years old but walk like a much older person due to muscle pain. I experience sharp, sudden pains in my thumbs and often cannot use my thumbs to grasp a cup or fork. Thank goodness I had a doctor that listened when I told him my pain was worse and I could no longer lift my right arm in order to brush my hair or put on a necklace. He immediately said he suspected Lipitor. He took me off it for a month, but wants me to go back on it at a lower dose (from 80 to 40). I have been off for 1 week and my "brain fog" seems a bit better. I feel more like my old self and my patience with my students (I am a school librarian) has returned. I had been so irritable with them lately and didn't know why. After reading the testimonies on this site, I will not go back on Lipitor at any dose. Thank you to everyone who took the time to post. I no longer feel like I'm a "complainer".
Good fortune to all of us who have been so unfortunate to have trusted our health to Lipitor!