Very interesting post Paddel. I think that more and more mental illnesses will be connected to disease organisms. There is already a connection that has been suggested between toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia.
So where does that leave us? Most likely some of us could have what appear to be mental disturbances with this illness. And probably that is the result of some unidentified disease organism attacking the brain. Whatever weaknesses the body has show up differently from person to person. So not everyone with the same illness will have the same exact symptoms. I know in my own case that every time I get the flu I will get depressed. It is well known that many people suffer depression for weeks after the initial flu infection has passed. What we do need are cures for viral infections which so far seem to be quite elusive. It could be possible that effective treatments for viral infections would greatly reduce Morgellons symptoms.
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