Interesting. I've been on atorvastatin for maybe 4-6 months (I'm terrible w how long or when anything), and i haven't noticed any mental or emotional side effects. When my pcp suggested it, i asked my brother about it, since he's an md, and at the time he thought it was just a good med, w pretty much only advantages. I can check again at some point, see if his feeling has changed...
...Meds that do you wrong are a huge drag. There are no solid rules for what's going to work for any given person, which is incredible shitty and frustrating. (Ask my daughter, who has ehlers-danlos syndrome, and a crapton of pretty serious related issues she and a million docs have been ineffectively chasing for years.)
Agreed. Too often people place an emphasis on relief or fixing a problem from a drug treatment program compared with simply treating the symptoms. There may never be a cure for mankind's health woes, we might only expect that meds or procedures for treatment of our symptoms will partially solve our problems, and perhaps we might need be satisfied with that.
IOW, I don't want to be a junkie constantly in need of a fix. Prescription meds have shown partial relief from symptoms, but if someone experiences pain and suffering a greater portion of of the time, there's gotta be a better way than recreational substances which do more harm than good.
Most times, the pain manifests itself as a head or body ache of some kind. The aging population can attest to the fact that older adults unable to care for themselves adequately suffer as much if not more than younger adults. Yet younger adults often live for the moment, and not put any thought into what risks they take now their futures will bring. Let me repeat that: "Thought into what risks they take now their futures will bring."
The only personal advice I might give someone who takes medication for treating specific symptoms but has not yet some form of modest relief; be upfront with your PCP, and ask what available and reliably tested prescription medications there are for someone with your individual condition. One of the doctor's tried and true responses will be a life-style change of dietary intake and exercise. To this I enthusiastically said, "Yes, though with exercise comes the need for rest and recovery. I thought the point of exercise was to strengthen and tone for endurance?" The doc said, "Yes, as you shed excess weight (first water weight, then burning carbs and fat calories) you'll notice your focus and endurance levels increase. In time, the feel-good endorphins will replace the fatigued feeling you may have simply because you won't be carrying around all that excess weight.
While my home vegetable gardening will be taking a year off this year to allow my garden to replenish its nutrients with a cover crop, the time I'd usually spend plus extra during the spring and moderately warm months will include walks about town and to the ball park. My feeling is that not only will my physical health benefit, but also my mental and emotional health because it simplifies and mitigates the greater risks associated with the future.
Want to get rid of the emotional or physical baggage that's causing you pain? Simplify your environment so as you not allow what you own, own you. The definition of keeping things simple might involve organizing or removing excess decor, and thinking in a more minimalist manner. The fewer distractions might be less likely to be a source of conflict and actually finding what works compared to what is just "filler."
