diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/borer.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/borer.dm
index 3dff4b7bde..84aebe98c4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/borer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/borer.dm
@@ -50,8 +50,17 @@
 
 	..()
 	if(host)
-		if(!stat && !host.stat && chemicals < 250)
-			chemicals++
+		if(!stat && !host.stat)
+			if(chemicals < 250)
+				chemicals++
+			if(controlling)
+				if(rand(0,3))
+					host.adjustBrainLoss(rand(1,2))
+
+				if(prob(host.brainloss))
+					host.say("*"[pick("blink","blink_r","choke","aflap","drool","twitch","twitch_s","gasp")])
+
+				//if(host.brainloss > 100)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/borer/New()
 	..()
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@
 
 	src << "You begin delicately adjusting your connection to the host brain..."
 
-	spawn(100)
+	spawn(300+(host.brainloss*5))
 
 		if(!host || !src) return
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/screen.dm b/code/modules/mob/screen.dm
index a2299d63c7..c83ba829a9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/screen.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/screen.dm
@@ -614,11 +614,12 @@
 		H << "\red <B>You begin doggedly resisting the parasite's control (this will take approximately sixty seconds).</B>"
 		B.host << "\red <B>You feel the captive mind of [src] begin to resist your control.</B>"
 
-		spawn(rand(400,500))
+		spawn(rand(350,450)+B.host.brainloss)
 
 			if(!B || !B.controlling)
 				return
 
+			B.host.adjustBrainLoss(rand(5,10))
 			H << "\red <B>With an immense exertion of will, you regain control of your body!</B>"
 			B.host << "\red <B>You feel control of the host brain ripped from your grasp, and retract your probosci before the wild neural impulses can damage you.</b>"
 			B.controlling = 0