PQQ has anyone tried this since the last post on it 7 months ago?

[LAJ12345]

We are thinking of trialling pqq for a while. Has any one tried it? Thanks.

[Grumpy77]

You don't even state what PQQ stands for. Your post remains an enigma to me at least

[lempa_nik in reply to Grumpy77]

pyrroloquinoline quinone. There are many articles you can google. It seems to be controversial because few human studies have been conducted, I trust more the articles that are not just promoting it, but mention the downsides. One detailed review is selfhacked.com/blog/pqq-rev...

[MBAnderson in reply to lempa_nik]

I like the Selfhacked website. This is a good one too.

PQQ

examine.com/supplements/pyr...

[bassofspades]

I take pqq 20mg 4 days a week. Have taken for a year. Helps quite a bit with energy / stamina / fatigue.

[LAJ12345 in reply to bassofspades]

Thanks! Hubby tried one on Sunday and must have felt energetic as he did a super long walk but then today he is so sick he won’t get up. Not sure if it was the pqq or overdoing it or the fact that he went to bridge outing on Saturday and ate a whole lot of junk food that he isn’t supposed to (normally gluten free and no deep fried or packet food but decided to eat hash browns and McDonald’s burger on the way home).

It is so hard to determine what causes these crashes. Might try another PQQ in a few days when he perks up again.

[bassofspades in reply to LAJ12345]

I think pqq is more of a long term therapy, one dose probably wouldn't make him all peppy n stuff.

[LAJ12345 in reply to bassofspades]

Yes I was reading your post on the psychomatic PD and I wonder if that’s him. He gets sick only when having to do something he doesn’t want to. Is fine while doing fun activities that he wants to do until they are over then is too sick to do anything else. He doesn’t have any tremor to speak of, just the gait and lack of smell and stern face and hands that tire easily. His worst symptoms are fatigue and a flu feeling a lot of the time. The specialist only diagnosed it by looking at him and said it may be atypical. Time will tell so we have no testing to say what it is. He hasn’t tried the sinemet yet that he has been prescribed as his symptoms are not very severe.

[bassofspades in reply to LAJ12345]

Very curious! Psychologically, he may be using his pd for secondary gain.

[LAJ12345 in reply to bassofspades]

Yes. He said no to journaling at first. Thinks it is mumbo jumbo but today said he will give it a go as there is nothing to lose. Not sure if it will work if he doesn’t believe it will,but anyway it is good handwriting practice too. He is desperate not to lose the use of his hands as bridge playing is his favourite pastime. Hey, thanks for listening to my ranting

[bassofspades in reply to LAJ12345]

It certainly won't work if he doesn't believe it will. He has to learn how and why it works. Not just by watching Ms Sachs' videos, but read and understand the psychological foundation of the concept in dr Sarno's book and lecture. It can be so worth the effort if it brings him back to his old self again. Not promising it will but surely worth trying, then at least you'll know if the basis is psychosomatic or not.

Dr Sarno's books were written with a focus on chronic back pain, but as he says, it can be applied to almost any other chronic condition except cancer, pretty much.