Brain Parasite Affecting Dopamine
It is so icky, but the reality is that we are are covered with microbes, and full of parasites, all too small for us to see or notice, but scientists find them on our behalf.
And if you live with and around cats, you could be one of the 1-in-5 people infected by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Yep, that’s the one that infects the brains of mice and convinces them not to be scared of cats, so that it can end up in a cat stomach – the only place it can reproduce…
This infection increases levels of dopamine, and there is a connection between being infected and schizophrenia.
Check out the list of symptoms associsated with high levels of dopamine, and ask yourself if that describes the crazy cat lady?
http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/04/01/high-dopamine-levels-symptoms-adverse-reactions/
Given that cats tend to kill local small animals and birds, and they can infect your brain… perhaps a tiny dog is a better fit?