Parasites being a driving factor of weird behaviour has been something I have been curious about since I first heard about it.
Taking IVM regularly now to keep the gay away
Discussion
there is definitely a link between covid which is a virus that triggers massive allergic anaphylactic reaction) and the parasites that IVM kills
i went down hard with covid back in february 2020, within hours i had so much pain to cough and i figured out i could suppress the cough by suppressing my respiration (the exact opposite of what the ventilators were doing, ie, allowing CO2 levels to rise is key to stopping the reaction)
not all antiparasitics are the same though... i recently gave my cat an IVM analogue called "moxidectin" and it mostly stopped most of the stuff my cat had but the imidocloprid external/macro antiparasitic did not touch the sinus infection or ear/eye mites my cat has
what's been helping him actually has been cleaning his ears with 3% peroxide and feeding him proper food (stuff i eat except without spices or salt)
there is no doubt that many parasites are adjuncts to macro parasitic behaviours, though i don't think that all of them are so easily resolved
but for sure, some are
It's odd, Feb 2020 I came down with something too but not once have any of my sicknesses since 2020 (2 times) been respiratory, only fevers, hallucinations and aches. But I have nicotine regularly so I wonder how much of an effect that had.
What kinds of foods does he eat? I have my guy on tuna and meat-based, grain free dry food.
i feed him seafood fried in butter, fried and grilled beef, and the usual canned fish/beef type things, though i try to give him the legit stuff in the former category as his major eats
he has peridontal disease of some kind, drools and tongue poking out, so i'm trying to focus on feeding him stuff that he has to chew a bit, the grilled beef was great but when it was too charred it was making his pain worse (and i also was finding the same thing with my busted molar)
and yeah, i'm shifting towards feeding him tuna in brine as his staple, it's a bit chewy as well, and really not that expensive, maybe 2x, but cat food is like $2 a day, what difference to pay $4 a day and have a healthier cat?
also i stopped smoking about 18 months ago, and don't think i want to go back to it, even though it was a lesser plague on my health
nicotine is indeed toxic to many parasites but i sincerely doubt that it is any better than cinchona bark (tonic) or caffeine (which i'm pretty sure is antiparasitic as well)
the absurd taxes on nicotine are the first objection, and second objection is that it taxes my lungs and depletes me of vitamin C and D3
I was over in South Africa last month. 5 x 50g of tobacco was about $20. In the UK it is around $50 for 1 50g pouch. The taxes continue to get out of hand.
I'm not familiar with cinchona bark, I will check that out.
cinchona bark is what is used to make "tonic" flavor... the tonic you buy in the shop is just barely a tickle of the actual extract though, the real thing is a lot more concentrated
and yes, it's antimalarial, and it also has some effect on ephinephrin receptors, alpha i think
100%
I spend a fair amount on feeding mine but it's not that bad to keep him healthy, better than vet bills anyway. I should maybe make cook some other things for him but he loves the tuna. He's 13 now and people are surprised to learn that because he identifies as 8 lol, he looks good for his age.
nice, yeah, better quality of life, lifespan is still gonna be in the range of normal, he's just gonna live more of it like a yoot
same with me also, now i have almost fully reversed a kidney issue i had, i am feeling SOOO much better like i just shed a decade of my age, i was starting to feel like what the calendar says and what average person with shit diet at that calendar is
