Statins and hypothyroidism
Is anyone on a statin and struggling with side effects?
I’ve been on Rosuvastatin 20mg for several months now but I’m struggling with breathlessness, insomnia and extra bad joint pain (I also have Psoriatic Arthritis) the entire time I’ve been on them and my PCM thinks I’m making it up and just don’t want to take the statins, not true. I decided a couple of months ago to reduced my own dose from 20mg to 10mg but the breathlessness, insomnia and extra joint pains persist… I then decided to do 10mg every other day and take them during the day instead of just before bed like my PCM told me to do and I still struggle but at least its not an everyday thing….. I know its the statin thats causing my issues because I actually stopped the statin for a few days an during those few days I didn’t suffered with any of the issues… but as soon as I started the statins backup the issues came back ….
Its unbearable and Im curious does anyone else with hypothyroidism take a statin
have these types of issues or similar and if so how do you cope?