Posted by bleauberry on September 21, 2010, at 18:53:40
In reply to can parasites influence absorption of drugs?, posted by europerep on September 20, 2010, at 14:47:47
I feel that parasites, bacteria, and fungi take a heavy toll on calories. I have the same problem you do.
I believe it is the overactive immune system trying to meet the heavy load that burns all the calories. If the calories aint going to heart rate, high blood pressure, or normal body temperature, where are they going? I don't think the bugs are eating them up. I think the body is burning them up just trying to stay in the fight.
As for the high dose effexor, I don't know. Some people need extraordinary low doses and others very high doses.
Here's food for thought. If you have some infectious thing inside, they are making exretions and toxins as part of their daily living. Poop and pee basically. That stuff has an affinity for brain cells, thyroid cells, and adrenal cells. In the brain it contaminates dopamine and serotonin, and plugs up opioid receptors. Maybe the high dose of effexor is needed to build up enough clean serotonin versus contaminated. And since effexor has some unknown impact on opioid receptors, maybe it is somehow displacing toxins from those receptors.
Doctors tell me I should be happy I'm so skinny because everyone else has a problem of overweight....they would all love to be as skinny as you and me. Wrong. They wouldn't. Maybe they think it would be nice to lose all that weight, but no, they don't want to be this skinny. No one wants to force themselves to eat so much just to keep from losing weight.
My reply to the doctor is that he is wrong, something is amiss when someone is that skinny. I have low blood pressure. I am chilled often. Low to normal heart rate. Ok. Where are all the calories going? Well, one of two things. They are either not getting absorbed, or they are being chewed up by something. Either way points to the same conclusion....some pathogenic organism that is in overabundance. Could be parasites, worms, bacteria such as lyme, or fungal such as candida.
You want a complete thyroid panel...t3, t4, reverse t3, and cortisol. See what the energy glands are doing.
The tests are rather expensive, but you can get the liver tested to see how fast or slow it is working. If it is working real fast, that would explain the loss of calories and the need for a high dose.
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