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IBS and Autism

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Hi everyone, I am 50 and was diagnosed in January with Autism and ADHD, I am not getting any professional support, where do you all get support from? I also have IBS which I am learning is very common in people with Autism, it is particularly bad at the moment, probably the worst its ever been. I have started to follow a FODMap and take Immodium every day! Ho do you all deal with it?

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  • I'm a decade in to this issue, and have learnt a lot about diet and symptom management

    Fodmap is a good start. I'd recommend working with a good dietitian to do an elimination diet to see which foods trigger you.

    Also, start drinking a shot of the probiotic called Symprove each morning. Can't overstate how much this helped me. It's £40 a month but totally worth it. It's also had the surprising effect of reducing my anxiety as well

    Fructose has been linked to inflammation in the gut, so it causes diarrhea in IBS sufferers, so avoid or at least vastly reduce.

    You may also be lactose intolerant, it is estimated that 70% of the global population are, they just don't realise it.

    Also, switch go eating the best quality sourdough you can find, instead of cheap bread. This has changed my life, after a decade of eating gluten free bread it turned out it isn't the gluten that was the issues it's all the other rubbish they put in.

    Start listening to the advice of Dr.Tim Spectre (Kings College) he's done a lot of podcasts recently. He runs the ZOE diet programme which I have done, and it is incredible if you follow it

    Good luck, you can get this under control with good choices.

    Oh, and meditation each morning will really help also

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  • I'm a decade in to this issue, and have learnt a lot about diet and symptom management

    Fodmap is a good start. I'd recommend working with a good dietitian to do an elimination diet to see which foods trigger you.

    Also, start drinking a shot of the probiotic called Symprove each morning. Can't overstate how much this helped me. It's £40 a month but totally worth it. It's also had the surprising effect of reducing my anxiety as well

    Fructose has been linked to inflammation in the gut, so it causes diarrhea in IBS sufferers, so avoid or at least vastly reduce.

    You may also be lactose intolerant, it is estimated that 70% of the global population are, they just don't realise it.

    Also, switch go eating the best quality sourdough you can find, instead of cheap bread. This has changed my life, after a decade of eating gluten free bread it turned out it isn't the gluten that was the issues it's all the other rubbish they put in.

    Start listening to the advice of Dr.Tim Spectre (Kings College) he's done a lot of podcasts recently. He runs the ZOE diet programme which I have done, and it is incredible if you follow it

    Good luck, you can get this under control with good choices.

    Oh, and meditation each morning will really help also

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