Solid advice on taking care of my self as an adult in the autistic spectrum just diagnosed

I've read a book called Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. On the cover it is written: "Natural treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D, Dyslexia, A.D.H.D, Depression, Schizophrenia."

The book is about how a diet can help manage depression and anxiety for people with Autism. The woman who wrote it claims that it helped her daughter who herself has Autism. I personally have found it helpful even though I'm not yet fully following the book's advice. I'm gradually eating more and more like the book recommends, and each step I get closer to what the book says, I have less anxiety and can socialise a bit better.

The book also recommends people immediately start taking probiotics such as kefir and sauerkraut. I've found these very helpful too. I make my own water kefir at home and drink sauerkraut juice I buy from a shop. These seem to be helping me. When I've cut out sugar, which the book recommends too, I also seem to feel a lot more able to cope. 

There are stages recommended in the book. In the beginning it advises you to avoid even fruit and even starches like potatoes and rice. However I've not yet committed myself to doing that, I still eat both those, but I am thinking about trying to eliminate them for a while soon, as I do seem to notice I get more tired, anxious and frustrated after I have starches and struggling more to hold my attention on something and feel emotionally stable after eating fruit.

This is just one person's opinion. Take it with a grain of salt.

Thanks a lot of this feedback.

As far as I know, I'm afraid Natasha Campbell-McBirde is just a one more quackery which is around autism, using the call to nature without evidence beyond her own testimony that her method work. ( For example, see http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2013/05/556-natasha-campbell-mcbride.html ) If you feel good with your current diet following your advice, there is no reason to change it, it is perfectly ok. I'm quite certain, that eating more and more, not to the point to weight problems, is a very good advice to follow to being healthy and as such it should help to cope with anxiety and socialize.

Just take care about the good looking advice around autism you might encounter, a lot have not solid ground, and following them will just make you lose time by making you trying inefficient things. At the opposite, Tony Attwood I quoted, is one of the best specialist of autism who rely on very solid scientific studies and give real solution even if there is no magic. (And as far as I know, there is no magic recipe such as the ones promoted by Natasha Campbell-McBride, to cure autism, if one would exist, it would probably known for a long).

Take care, and thanks a lot again for giving me your feedback.

 Improve your Social Skills by Daniel Wendler is useful for social skills advice. He has Autism himself. It gives tips on ways to communicate with people and how to ask questions and what kind of questions. And how to inspire other people to talk more.

I've tried some of it but have not got the energy at the moment to read it all or remember it all. I know someone else on here who has found it very useful for them and they're a lot better than me at talking to people.

Thanks that looks like a solid advice.

Thanks that looks like a solid advice.