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Blood cholesterol levels, along with LDL particle count, ApoB concentration, LDL particle size, LDL pattern, and the ratio of cholesterol between LDL and HDL are all governed centrally by the LDL receptor.
About 29 million American adults, adolescents, and children are on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). In many countries globally some 5-10% of the population are on SSRIs. These have become the first-line treatment for depression.
SSRIs can cause sexual dysfunction and emotional blunting in up to half of people, an unclear incidence of sleep disruption, and a rare risk of suicidality, self-harm, and new-onset psychosis.
This doesn't directly cause depression, but if you have depressing thoughts, emotions, and thought patterns, it makes them harder to let go of because the mind is too sticky.
This is why their are multiple randomized controlled trials showing methylation support decreases depression scores and why it is included in my depression protocol.
The ultimate how-to guide to obtain resilient mental health while boosting mitochondrial function instead of strangling it.
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The first-line treatment for depression in modern society is SSRIs, but long-term SSRI use can cause sexual dysfunction, it can cause severe mitochondrial dysfunction in a rare subset of people...
...and years-long SSRI use leads to severe withdrawal syndromes becoming common and often leads to new-onset mitochondrial function that lasts years.