Published on 12, July, 2020
Firstly let’s start with the governments decision to turn cash disability payments into vouchers instead. Removing cash from disabled people is inhumane.
Secondly let’s look at the assisted suicide laws that are supposed to come in at some point. They will in my opinion use these laws to kill autistic people that are simply depressed or suffering from bowel issues.
Thirdly let’s look at the crack down on advertising of alternative therapies for autism. They are cracking down on all advertising that claims anything other than pharmaceutical drugs can treat autism. Because you are not allowed to take anything other than what the government tells you you are allowed to take. For example they are banning advertising that claims that Pycnogenol can help autistic people. It is a potent anti inflammatory supplement made from plant compounds. The government has obviously banned these advertisements because they want you to think your symptoms are untreatable and that the only way to feel better is to take their drugs that they approve for you. Fair enough if the drugs actually worked but how many of you have tried antipsychotics and antidepressants only to find they either do nothing or make your symptoms worse sometimes even.
All this makes me not hopeful for the future of autistic people. We have discussed already how they want to find a gene responsible for autism so they can prevent it. Now they are looking at other ways to make our lives more miserable. The NAS has to not allow this kind of thing!
Hello, Thank you for sharing this with the community. I found all of it to be incredibly insightful especially the point you made about an alternative medication called Pycnogenol. Do you take Pycnogenol? If so, does it help? I am trying to find something that will ease my overwhelming anxiety. The last three days I feel like I have been having one meltdown after another and am desperate for something to help ease them except medication. I used to take 8 different medications until I came off of them as they were not working.
Hi thanks for your reply. I am glad you got off the meds if they weren’t working. No I don’t take pycnogenol. But I take zinc which is also any inflammatory. It seems to help me. My hayfever is gone with it so is my acne. Just gone. And I have tried dozens of antihistamines that didn’t do anything. I think the fact that it helps inflammation also helps my anxiety. I know a lot of autistic people do the gluten free anti inflammatory diet and that helps them. But I like my food and don’t want to give up pizzas etc so I just take some zinc supplements. So that’s what I take and it helps me personally.
I will tell you a list of anti inflammatory supplements that are available -
zinc
omega 3 oil
turmeric
curcumin
green tea
pycnogenol
luteolin
PEA
Quercetin
They are all good for inflammatory conditions I have heard. Like IBD and arthritis. I personally chose zinc because it’s quite a potent anti inflammatory supplement. Plus it’s cheap and all the other ones listed are roughly £20 at best whereas good zinc from Solgar goes for about £10.
Hope this helps. But always seek advice from your doctor before trying any new supplements or medicines.
NAS94655 said:I am trying to find something that will ease my overwhelming anxiety.
I have not come across any claims that Pycnogenol is suitable for treating anxiety.
So far I've read about it being possibly suitable for ADHD:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5370458/
https://examine.com/supplements/pycnogenol/#does-pycnogenol-impact-cognition-or-attention-deficithyperactivity-disorder-adhd
But the tests seem to be mostly on children.
If you have any peer reviewed articles on this then it would be good to see them.
At this stage I think it unwise to even consider it until there have been sizable tests performed in clinical conditions with an autistic control group otherwise there the list of side effects would give me cause for concern.