Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi Everyone,
I have a friend who is autistic and he has had gastro-intestinal issues his whole life, or as far back as he can remember anyway and he is awaiting a colonoscopy. I am also autistic and have had my own issues with this too. I have been reading different studies and scientific research online and have found that there may be a link between autism and bowel problems. I know from personal experience that all the autistic people I have encountered in my life have had a lot of bowel and tummy problems from a young age. I wonder if any of you have had a similar experience or have managed to resolve these issues in your self and what tips you may have to ease this? Hopefully more research is done on autism's connection to gastro-intestinal problems instead of research money going towards trying to invent cures using old drugs like Suramin for example.
Hope everyone has a good week.
My digestive system runs too fast. It's been that way since birth. My autistic father is exactly the same. After many many years of trying to train my body to digest a healthy, high fiber diet with no success, and confirming via elimination diets that it's not solely a reaction to any specific food (although there are some triggers which I now avoid) I've designed myself a nutritionally adequate but very bland, starchy, low fiber and low fat diet and eat that every day. It helps a lot, allowing me to only have to use the bathroom about three times a day I still have to take loperamide a few hours before long car journeys, hiking, etc to be on the safe side
That’s good hopefully this diet works for you. I can’t touch loperamide. If I do I just won’t go to the toilet for over a day and that’s not healthy lol.
The key is to take a smaller dose longer in advance. The box claims it works within an hour, which technically it does if you take enough of it, but then yeah you won't go the next day. Blood plasma concentration is highest about 6-10 hours after you take it, depending on exactly what form you take, so the best way is to take it 6 hours before whatever event you need it to be working for, and take the smallest dose possible to have the desired effect. You can even split the capsules to get a smaller dose and eat the powder or dissolve it in liquid - it still works.