How did you discover that was the cause of your numbness?

@heisenberg34
Started Rosuvastatin 20mg a few years ago and and immediately started feeling random tingling and pain in the feet but never attributed it to this med. About a week ago the pain got so bad I thought I would lose my mind. Upon reading reports, I suspected it may be this med. Went to the doc and she told me to go off it for about 3 weeks to see if there is any improvement. After missing my first two doses my neuropathy nerve pain in my feet almost totally subsided within 48 hours. The throbbing, tingling and random shooting pains have almost stopped. Still have some residual but not near as bad. And I was even on the lowest dose. Im beside myself with joy and hope I never have to deal with that pain again. It was beyond miserable and torturous and was getting worse as the days went by. Hopefully, that is all behind me now. Don't understand if this is so common, why these meds are given to people.

@heisenberg34 I am that person exactly. My cholesterol was high and I've been on a low dose statin now for3 years and developed neuropathy so painful that it felt like torture. The tingling, the random shocks, the needle like pain in my toes and feet drove me bonkers. Im off now for one week and those symptoms have almost totally subsided and will see my doctor for eval again in a few weeks. Meanwhile, my cholesterol is back up again now in spite of a healthy diet and exercise. Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't. But I am 76 years old so Im taking that into consideration. I was dealing with torn meniscus, vascular issues and now some veins shutting down but the combination of all three at the same time was as if my days were clearly and in bold numbered . At least going off the statin, speaking for myself, the peripheral neuropathy pain is almost non-existent now. I realize my body is deteriorating right now as is everyone's but at least for now I have enough mind function to discuss determine what may or may not be causing me issues and able to come to some form of pain reduction as I move naturally to non-existence.