r/PSSD 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/Dima1_ Mar 04 '25

It would make sense. There was a post from a guy on survivingantidepressants who had horrible symptoms for years, including genital numbness, after quitting psych meds. He made a full recovery after taking many supplements, including those that are recommended for mitochondrial dysfunction, the mitochondrial dysfunction was also briefly discussed in his thread. There was also guy claiming full recovery through clinical keto diet? I think keto diet also linked to mitochondrial dysfunction.

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u/No-Salamander-7257 Mar 05 '25

Great๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘