I used to be a reasonable intelligent person but after ten days on statins I became a mental zombie. I couldn't remember anything for more than a few seconds I entered a world of forgetfulness and confusion that was just about as scary as the event that got me put on statins! I am on a lower dose now and the cloud has somewhat lifted, but I am still not mentally the person I used to be.
I learned that statins block your body's internal mechanism for supply and demand of cholesterol and force all your cells, including your brain cells, to scavenge for needed cholesterol in the blood stream. This lowers your blood cholesterol numbers and makes your doctor happy. It also means your brain doesn't have what it needs to "assemble" thoughts in your short term memory. When you are thinking of something directly you are okay. But as soon as there is any distraction you lose that other thought. Your brain is starved for cholesterol and your short term memory is shot as a result.
Now is this just me? Earlier in the year I read a number of new studies about how this memory effect with statins was more widespread than anybody knew. Then a big statement from doctors and the drug companies saying those studies were all wrong and statins have no effect on your memory. Sorry, but with medicine becoming just another business I trust what they say about as much as I trust statements from any business- not much.
Do you have experience with statins like Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor? Or does someone you know well? Have you noticed any mental side-effects? Please comment down below and let's take an unofficial poll of how many people on statins have these kind of problems. Thanks!
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