a discovery
john_doe_un...@yahoo.com
writing you because I've made a discovery that should help your
research in Infectious-Disease, Neurology, and Psychiatry.
I made the discovery by employing the scientific method: Conducting
experiments and recognizing correlations. You haven't had the
opportunity to conduct these experiments, since your work is
restrained by laws, university-guidelines, and medical-ethics. I've
been able to experiment on a human-subject (me), discovering something
important, with widespread medical implications.
If this falls outside your areas of expertise and research, please be
a thoughtful human being, and forward this information to an expert
more interested.
I'm a patient, debilitated by signs and symptoms. The signs include
chronic diarrhea and transient skin lesions; the symptoms are
interpreted clinically as depression / anxiety. Please read on.
In practice, the skin lesions appear, I request an appointment to see
a dermatologist, I wait for the appointment, and by the time of the
appointment, the skin lesions have resolved; so the lesions don't get
noted in doctors' (but I've photographed some of the lesions).
Doctors order stool exams, MRI, and one or two other tests. They find
nothing, so they default to a psychiatric diagnosis (depression,
anxiety, or somatization-disorder, depending on the particular
doctor's whims).
Over five years, I've self-administered about 10 different
antibiotics. My response has been unremarkable, except in one case:
the reaction I had to Albendazole was most remarkable.
When I self-administered Albendazole, my reaction was severe:
Severe headache
Exacerbation of depression / anxiety
Voices in my head and delusions. (I have experienced hallucinations
and delusions at no other time; I have never been diagnosed with
schizophrenia.)
Loss of consciousness
After regaining consciousness, I discontinued the Albendazole. After
two more days, the effects resolved. Several months later, I repeated
the experiment, with the same results.
I have researched Albendazole (not just Google; I use PubMed, and I'm
able to understand technical writing). I realize you probably have no
working experience with Albendazole, as it's so uncommon in the U.S.A.
My reaction to Albendazole was nothing like the allergic reaction
described in the literature. My reaction to Albendazole was entirely
consistent with Herxheimer reaction. A Herxheimer reaction is the
following chain of events:
1.An antibiotic is administered to a patient;
2.The antibiotic kills infectious organisms within the patient;
3.As the organisms die, they release chemicals toxic to the patient;
4.The patient reacts to the toxins.
My reaction to Albendazole signifies the presence of an infectious
disease, responsible for my symptoms of depression / anxiety. The
infectious-organism remains unidentified, but it is known to be
sensitive to Albendazole.
The implications are profound, as my symptoms are so common among the
general population, and so costly to society.
The less competent psychiatrists among you may assume my Albendazole-
reaction was psychosomatic; but there's no need for such reckless
assumptions, because this experiment is repeatable; my reaction to
Albendazole, including objectively measurable signs, can be evaluated
clinically, removing any question.
Then you experts would recognize the link between Albendazole and
depression / anxiety. Then you could work to understand the infectious-
disease causing these symptoms in so many people; you could manage the
infectious-disease, controlling its spread, maybe finding a cure
eventually.
You have a subject (me) willing to cooperate. As unpleasant as my
Albendazole-reaction is, I'd consent to its clinical administration.
If I got hurt, I would not want anyone held responsible; I'd put that
in writing.
I understand that I might not recover. I understand that I might get
hurt or die during clinical evaluation of my response to Albendazole.
But I want it to be evaluated, for the sake of your research.
If I can answer any questions, please feel free to ask.
john_doe_united_states at yahoo