Posted by europerep on September 20, 2010, at 14:47:47
hey there..
umm, yeah, strange question, I know.. the point is this: I have been wondering for a long time now what's wrong with the way my body "treats" food. I think I currently eat something like 3000 calories a day, and I do not gain weight, instead I have to make sure I don't lose any.. it never came to my mind, until I read it a week ago or so, that I might have caught a parasite (tapeworm or something). I will of course have a doctor run a test for this, but this just makes me wonder: is it possible that, instead of being absorbed regularly by my body, the parasite is actually eating up a substantial part of a drug I take (orally)? that would explain why I have to go to 600mg of venlafaxine to get a good effect. I mean the idea is crazy I know, but if it takes away some of the calories I eat, can't it also take away some of the drugs I take?
don't worry, I don't have this condition where one obsessively thinks to be parasite-infested. if they run a test and it's negative the thought will be off my mind, but until then.. hmm.. this both scares and disgusts me.. the problem is, I will probably very soon go into hospitalized treatment to start an MAOI, and I don't want to tell the doctors this idea right from the start, so that they don't think I'm psychotic, so I guess I'll sit around with this thought for another two weeks or so.. but whatever, I've had the calory problem for years now, two weeks more or less won't change anything. if I have a worm, it's probably already 5000km long *shudder*...
I guess this is a rather unusual question, but maybe someone happens to know something?
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