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 digestion was fine before I became pregnant at 25. At first I was told that IBS type symptoms were normal during pregnancy. Then they persisted and became worse. I became lactose intolerant (as I am to this day). I developed other new issues such as recurrent sinus infections, recurrent thrush infections, ringworm, interstitial cystitis. I realised that gluten was part of the problem and cut that out for many years, along with lactose. The FODMAP diet helped too. Several years ago I returned to eating gluten. I now have no digestion issues aside from lactose intolerance. I do have low folic acid and CFS/ME symptoms such as PEM, though I'm coming out of a long depression/burnout phase.