Signs your getting old?
Signs your getting old?
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- _niko1
I started taking statins this week.
I've had naturally high cholesterol my whole life, nothing I do brings it down.
For the past year I became a pescatarian, ran 3-4 times a week, played ball-hockey once a week, cut down alcohol to 1-2 drinks a week, worked fairly regularly, took a Metamucil supplement daily and have a high metabolism so I've always been fairly fit...and yet my cholesterol level shot up to the highest it's ever been ffs.
so after much debating and on the urging and recommendation of my Dr, I finally bit the bullet and took the damn pill.
I feel defeated, but probably for my own good. Any one else on it?
- I also eat olive oil by the gallon so my good cholesterol is at a good level but my bad cholesterol is off the chart._niko
- <* worked out fairly regularly_niko
- I take Atorvastatin. Doc says it's helping my numbers!Akagiyama
- Probably genetic like me - look into disbetahyperlipidemi... and specifically your beta-LDL component to the total?theonlyengineerhere
- @Akagiyama - Atorvastatin Calcium is the generic name of Lipitortheonlyengineerhere
- Change your lifestyle, wait a while for it to settle, remeasure. Repeat. But sometimes your genetics are against you.comicsans
- He did change his lifestyle. Lolmonospaced