New Brain Scan Study Discovers Possible Biological Basis of Visual Snow Syndrome

This research was supported the Visual Snow Initiative and part-funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre.

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Glutamate and serotonin activity is different in people with VSS compared to those without the condition, sparking possible biomarkers and hope for future pharmacological treatments.

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[BerryClouds.]

This is so exciting! I’m glad they’re doing more and more research and finding out more and more things!

[joesatriani]

After a long period of continous stress and depression (still fighting with it), my VSS started so I agree with this. It is linked with serotonine levels.

[firehuntbreaking]

Wowwww this is so amazing!!!!You are my only Hope!

[AnastasisVinieris]

That's a great research paper on VSS and adds value to the neurology literature. First, the sample size (n = 25) is quite bigger than in previous papers, which ensures higher statistical accuracy of results. Secondly, indeed serotonine and/or its networks may be directly linked to VSS. For example, when I was 20 years old I had to take anti-depressants for 3 years. Anti-depressants for VSS patients can be important because they affect serotonin in the brain, I am not a doctor to explain that in detail but considering the fact that VSS patients suffer from anxiety/depression/stress quite often then this paper have significant impacts on the patients' therapies. The anti-depressants may have worsen my VSS and (in)directly contributed to my development of tinnitus and/or eye floaters. There must indeed be an abnormal glutamatergic and serotonergic connectivity in our brain and this causes various problems.

Again, I am not a doctor but this is how I think of this specific research paper on VSS. (I have explained in the part 1 video of Dr. Puledda my symptoms regarding VSS in greater detail)
Congratulations to the authors of this paper and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[FfggyVbbjj-iypy]

Thanks for research.. please find a cure soon...

[mfraser]

Excellent study. Sounds like 2-3% of people have VSS. Wish they'd call it Visual Static, though. Visual Snow sounds pretty.

[futurebeatsmusic]

Thats really good news. I m so happy I hope they are find a cure for vss. Thank you sooo much!

[jeetendrapratapsingh]

Hope we will be having a solution soon

[Acetyl]

My VS is highly responsive to chocolate (raw cacao or solids + butter), sleep deprivation, and various herbs. The most interesting one is vervain (verbena officinalis) which at times takes the grain which otherwise looks like it's blanketing the object when up close, and turns it into more of a rippling sheet in the eye itself. Kava has some effect. Anything dopaminergic tends to bias the grain towards a colored presentation on monochromatic surfaces. Serotonin is interesting in that it reminds me of the "metabolic trap" hypothesis, where the system enters an irreversible feedback loop not unlike a muscle seizure with overextension of the spine, just in the brain itself. NAC, phenibut, multivitamins, various anticholinergics, don't really do much to it.

[ja_]

I never saw world without VSS I would actually be curious to see how it is at least once before dying lol

[coleduncan]

Fingers crossed this can lead to something positive!

[romainb.]

So what now ? With those information doctor can start to try treatment right ? i'm losing my mind with it so i litteraly can't wait for something real instead of hoping since years

[neffix]

What does that mean for ssris? Should we still use them ?

[Marcoshurtadoo]

That’s good news, I am so happy and hopeful 🥹