Anybody want to be my, be my beta?

[ritaxis]

So The Drummer Boy is reaching draft status. I'm closing in on the last chapters. I took some time off to revise the earlier chapters and I've made notes for some further revisions, but I'm feeling ready to hear what other people have to say about it. It's long enough, and I'm close enough to the end, that I am pretty confident that by the time you

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[heleninwales]

Some years ago, the doctor put me on Simvastatin because she was concerned about my cholesterol levels. I reacted very badly to it, though it took me a few weeks to realise because mental effects were not listed in the information leaflets that come with the tablets.

I found myself wanting to scream at students if they made the slightest mistake and driving home, I was having suicidal thoughts. Eventually I discovered that statins can effect the level of cholesterol in the brain, where it is actually performing a vital function. I stopped taking them, the symptoms immediately stopped and I have refused point blank to go back on them. Better the risk of heart disease than the certainty of turning into a homicidal maniac.

At the time, I could find no research to support my personal experience, but it seems that though rare, my experience is not unique. Having said that, I also know people who take statins perfectly happily with no adverse side effects and it seems to be a case of genetic differences altering the way the drug is metabolised and the effects it has on the body.

[ritaxis]

I have symptoms like that from prednisone. When I first had them the doctor was surprised and kind of didn't believe me and bullied me into taking a different form, By the time I had had prednisone in three different forms over the hears and had free-floating rage with every one of them, it had become a known side effect and I never had to deal with a disbelieving doctor again.