"What we found, again and again, was that these patients were not treatment resistant in any meaningful psychiatric sense. Their brains were being starved of blood. The sympathetic system was failing to move blood upward, or the parasympathetic system was dilating vessels at exactly the wrong moment, or both. Once you measure the two branches independently and correct the specific imbalance, the so-called depression lifts, not because we treated depression, but because we treated the physiology that was masquerading as depression"

Nearly half of the study cohort (48.3 percent) had been diagnosed with long- or post-COVID syndrome, a population now recognized as a vast and troubled reservoir of autonomic dysfunction.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260331/Treating-autonomic-dysfunction-can-relieve-symptoms-of-treatment-resistant-depression.aspx

Treating autonomic dysfunction can relieve symptoms of treatment-resistant depression

Consider a house with the water main half shut. The faucets sputter. The toilet runs all night. The garden wilts. You could call a plumber for the faucet, a landscaper for the garden, a different plumber for the toilet, and every one of them would fix something while fixing nothing.

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@trendless The full research article ("
Is it really treatment-resistant depression? Parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunction as a treatable contributor to depressive symptoms") is a fascinating read.

6 year study. 8128 patients. Article focuses on the 2197 who had received diagnosis of depression.

I keep saying "wow" as I read it. This could be life-changing for so many.

https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/brainmed/aop/article-10.61373-bm026r.0024/article-10.61373-bm026r.0024.xml

Is it really treatment-resistant depression? Parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunction as a treatable contributor to depressive symptoms

Is it really treatment-resistant depression? Parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunction as a treatable contributor to depressive symptoms

Genomic Press
@PapyrusBrigade @trendless
By the gods, this could unlock so much quality of life for millions. Science, F yeah!
@PapyrusBrigade @trendless Thank you for sharing this link. Very interesting.