 [ Symptoms ] i am a 21 year old female previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder i have developed a muscle spasm that resembles a tic along my right arm [ Disease ] i would ween myself off of the medicine and cut the pill in half and take half for a week the next week i would take half of a half then take half of a half every other day for a week the fourth week i would discontinue altogether i would tell my doctor if or when i had a visit i think wthis drug you could probably just stop taking it all together but of course i am not a doctor it is not like a blood pressure medicine though i had horrible side effects ttp bruising platelets dramatically dropped muscles hurt brain fog tired from this drug i will never take a statin again i believe there are other more natural things out there that will work my cholestrol was 225 when i was put on it good luck