You’ve definitely done your research. I agree with everything you say. One of the key mysteries being people with higher cholesterol live longer and people with Alzheimer’s have lower cholesterol 
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I don’t take them much to my neurologist’s annoyance. Have heard too many stories about side effects. I know why I had my stroke and it wasn’t down to high cholesterol. Why should I take a drug that could do me more harm then good. I’ll stick to my beetroot juice thankyou.
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Funny you should say that😉
The reason I first began researching statins was because I noticed cognitive decline in my step dad who’d been taking them for a while. He went on to develop dementia and died 4 or 5 years later. I noticed the same thing beginning to happen to my husband’s uncle, although he died suddenly and unexpectedly (pre-covid). There were others as well. It simply reinforced my belief that statins should be used with extreme caution. I find I’m unable to make the disconnect between increasing cases of dementia and the dishing out of statins at every available opportunity. We should never be afraid to question (or refuse) what we’re being given to put in our bodies. Just my thoughts.
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Hello Pisceslady 2023,
Talk to your stroke doctor / GP. I never wanted to go on them. The hospital put me on them. Later, in a follow up with my original stroke doctor, he said I didn’t need them. So have a discussion with your doctor. Keep checking your meds. I was also put on double dose Amlodipine to 5mg, my ankles and calves had swelled up, so I discussed it with the hospital doctor and he changed me to Doxazosin 2mg. I’ve been fine since. 
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