Chapter 6: Receptor Hijacking (2021)
The Hunger Switch
By Gabriel Filippi · Interactive Visual Novel & Forensic Recovery Dossier.
📍 Illustration — appetite switch, 2021
“Imagine your brain has a thermostat for appetite. Normally, when you've eaten enough, the hypothalamus flips the 'full' switch and you stop. With Zyprexa, that switch was jammed on 'hungry.'”
Source: Official Book (Ch.6)
NARRADOR: Your brain has a thermostat for appetite. With Zyprexa, the satiety switch jammed on starving.
EU INTERIOR: Leptin screamed we were full. The hypothalamus did not hear. The hunger was not psychological — it was hardwired.
NARRADOR: Patients on olanzapine gain 5 to 6 kg in six months, and 2 to 3 kg per year after. In my case: 145 kg and diabetes.
