The part where he digs needles from his body and put them in a jar to show his wife who can't see anything in a jar reminded me of "A scanner darkly". Where a c

The part where he digs needles from his body and put them in a jar to show his wife who can't see anything in a jar reminded me of "A scanner darkly". Where a character is convinced he has lices and spends a whole day finding them and putting them in a jar just to find out later that the jar is empty.