Simvastatin and panic attack

i am 55 and have been taking simvastatin for about 2 years although my cholestrol was under 5. over the last few months have had pain in my knees which i thought may be arthritis and then about 2 months ago the pain started in my left foot and became so severe that i had to change to an automatic car, still believing up until today that arthritis must be getting worse although my foot xray came back normal, i found this website today as my finger and thumb joints are hurting so much i cant hold anything and every muscle aching so much i just wanted to cry.after reading these letters i realize that even the choking feeling im sometimes getting isn't a menopausal panic attack and now i have checked my simvastatin leaflet an d box and realize that although my last cholesterol reading was only 3.5 one of my doctors has put my tablets up from 10 mg to 20 mg so big question is this an overdose ? im not taking another one of these pills an see what progress my health makes. i am slightly worried about heart disease and will look into herbal type as my parents use these,have never taken statins and are 90 and 87 so i think this speaks for itself,thanks everyone who has helped me diagnose my own illness!!!

Hi, Im 24 and have hypercholesterolemia. I started Simvastatin 40mg at night about 3 weeks ago. About a week into taking it i was experiencing some mild chest pains, after a while they got worse and for the first time in my life i collapsed on the floor having a panic attack. Since then this past week has been hell, i have been constantly anxious and had several more panic attacks, have had a light weak flu like feeling in my whole chest, diarrhea, Chest pain, Weakness in muscles and pain in my left arm and a lack of apatite resulting in a loss of 5lb's. I stopped taking the pill 3 days ago after advice from a GP however the anxiety has still not gone away, nor has the lack of apatite or chest pain. I just want to go back to being myself but this horrible pill may have ruined my life!

I've been on Simvastatin for about 4 years but have been suffering pains in my arms as well as very tender soles of my feet.

about three months after taking simvastatin I had a bad attack of vertigo and have been suffering with dizziness & feeling off balance, also panic attacks have ocurred, I did not experience this before taking this drug. This has now been going on for 4 months. has anybody else experienced this.