I'm a Stanford scientist who's discovered something important about
"anxiety" and "depression"; my discovery could lead to a cure. I've
told the CDC, and they don't care. I've told the FOX, NBC, ABC, and
The Washington Post; they don't care.

What the hell is going on here?

Anxiety and depression or some of society's most costly illnesses;
does no one besides me give a sh.t that they're curable with
antibiotics? It's from an infection; it can be *cured*.

Am I the only one who wants to see these diseases cured?

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I graduated from Stanford, phi-beta-kappa, with a B.S. and a B.A. I'm
writing you because I've made a discovery that should help your
research in Infectious-Disease, Neurology, and Psychiatry. In short,
my reaction to Albendazole signifies the presence of an infectious-
disease, responsible for symptoms of depression / anxiety. The
infectious-organism is unidentified, but it's very sensitive to
Albendazole.

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 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 university-guidelines and medical-ethics. I've been able
to experiment on a human-subject (me), discovering something
important, with widespread medical implications.

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.

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 side-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.

If I can answer any questions, please feel free to ask.