Dementia has been around a lot longer than statins have (remember Rita Hayworth?), but I sure believe statins have been the cause of a huge number of misdiagnoses. I know from first-hand experience when I couldn’t utter words, couldn’t write them down. I was fortunate to connect the timing of my problems to when the doctor put me on statins. I stopped taking them and was back to normal in a week. What happens is the myelin sheath...the insulation around the brain’s wiring...is made up of cholesterol which the statins destroy in some people. Brain signals get screwed up. I have often wondered if the misdiagnosis is a true mistake, or done on purpose to insure an on-going income for the doctor and/or the drug companies.
I am glad you have been able to recover. I have a friend on statins and they definitely have him going downhill but the doctors have scaremongered him to continuing as his mental faculties decline. Nothing I can do.