I was having chest pain and had an abnormal stress test. I bike 20 miles a day, eat little fat or carbs, and my cholesterol is off the charts due to heredity. They increased my simvastatin dose, my cholesterol dropped substantially and the symptoms went away. I have no side effects.
It’s a freakin’ miracle drug.
You might want to do a little more research on Statins. They can be harmful and there is no correlation between Cholesterol and Heart Disease. None.
I Ride bike like you and lift as well. I'm making progress without that crap.
Except when it isn’t. I just stopped taking my statin. I’d been feeling weak, my trainer had even noticed, a lot of muscle pain. Stopped the statin and within a couple of days the pain was gone and I had a lot more oomph both on the bike and in pushing weights. The eating your muscles thing can be a nasty side effect, and it might not start immediately, I was on it almost 2 years before things started getting odd.
And now I’m free to enjoy grapefruit juice again. We’ll see what the numbers are next checkup, but one way or the other no statins for me.
Consider yourself among the lucky ones, who take the statins.
The temporary side effects, those which go away when the statins are discontinued, have a very high % rate among statin users. Some of these are very severe and directly related to the intake of the statin drugs.
Then, there are long lasting and sometimes permanent side effects even after the statins are discontinued.
Your reduction of carb intake may be what is helping you.
However, you probably should continue to take them and do the other things you are doing as your program is working for you.