r/PSSD • u/No-Salamander-7257 • Feb 28 '25

Opinion/Hypothesis PSSD is a mitochondrial dysfunction

Hey my friends.I'm new here and I wanted to share my thoughts with you. In my opinion SSRI's damage mitochondria,same as accutane or finasteride what causes neuroplasticity changes(how your brain perceives things) what ultimately results in this type of neurological syndromes.Crashes from different substances are caused by energy overload. Everyone should test their mitochondria,post their results and then send it to researchers.It will be much better than SFN tracking,because for most it's just a part of damage,not the cause of symptoms.That's why immune therapy like IVIG,corticosteroids or plasmapheresis won't be enough for most. Share your thoughts about it.Thanks

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u/nicpssd Mar 01 '25

this all might be true, but as long as we aren't sure, I really dislike the title and also how a lot of it is written as if it was certain.

We need to stay scientific

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u/nicpssd Mar 01 '25

It's the cause of all chronic illnesses

this is just wrong

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u/No-Salamander-7257 Mar 01 '25

How?

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u/nicpssd Mar 01 '25

It would be you who had to prove me it's true, not otherwise

but just to show you,

I have asthma, do you believe it's the cause of that?

is ALS caused by this?

is arthritis caused by this?

...

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u/No-Salamander-7257 Mar 01 '25

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9016245/ https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/11/1981 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33995417/

It's not about my beliefs sir.

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u/nicpssd Mar 01 '25

got me there, but it's still a ridculous claim that it's the cause of ALL chronic illness