Health issues linked to autism and self medication

So I've been thinking a lot recently, since my diagnosis about my health issues.

Over the years I way convinced that I might just have a health issue that were causing my autistic symptoms and there would be something I could order from Amazon and take once a day to sort it. I guess some of that was denial. Now properly diagnosed I know it's not the case, however things like hypersensitivity play into my allergies for example.

Since diagnosis I have still wondered if there's a link at all, maybe not a cure but if autism is a physical different brain structure maybe other physical traits go with ir. The main ones for me are asthma and allergies (both come and go in intensity) unsettled digestion (appendix recently removed made no difference) recently what I think is rosacea (need to go to doctors, it's been a year now of procrastination) .

Blood tests only ever showed up a borderline (low) result for vitamin D, but I think supplements since have triggered rosacea (vit D and niacin in same multivitamin which I now stopped)

Currently I take most days - vitamin c and zinc /ACE selenium (I alternate). I find I feel far more focused if i take creatine (figured out from using it when weight training ) coffee or a caffeine drink/tablet helps me be focussed and less "stressy" , black tea I love but avoid now as it makes me scatty and anxious and paranoid, I think that's the ltheanine.

Anyway I won't go on too much, just thought it might spark some interesting debate! Anyone got any similar experiences or thoughts?

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  • I've tried all sorts of diets over the years and none of them did anything except leave me hungry. I've not had a formal allergy test since I was a child and had a rash caused by grass, now I just eat a diet that I've worked out for myself, thats mostly made from scratch, vegetarian and excluding things I've worked out that upset me. None of it is very scientific, but when I worked in a whoiefood shop I got very wary of a lot of diets that were being pushed at people along with supplements. A lot of the supplements that people were coming in and asking for no one had ever heard of and nor had our suppliers, not even the Chinese medicine shop had heard of many that were said to be Chinese herbs. I think the whole area is a minefield of misinformation and some downright lies. There are only a couple of companies I will buy supplements and remedies from, ones I know to be open and honest about thier sources and reliable.

    Apart from Vit D and B12 that I'm prescribed I only take high potency curcumin, (turmeric extract) from one of the companies I mentioned above. I take the turmeric as an anti-inflamitory as it seems to help with osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.

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  • I've tried all sorts of diets over the years and none of them did anything except leave me hungry. I've not had a formal allergy test since I was a child and had a rash caused by grass, now I just eat a diet that I've worked out for myself, thats mostly made from scratch, vegetarian and excluding things I've worked out that upset me. None of it is very scientific, but when I worked in a whoiefood shop I got very wary of a lot of diets that were being pushed at people along with supplements. A lot of the supplements that people were coming in and asking for no one had ever heard of and nor had our suppliers, not even the Chinese medicine shop had heard of many that were said to be Chinese herbs. I think the whole area is a minefield of misinformation and some downright lies. There are only a couple of companies I will buy supplements and remedies from, ones I know to be open and honest about thier sources and reliable.

    Apart from Vit D and B12 that I'm prescribed I only take high potency curcumin, (turmeric extract) from one of the companies I mentioned above. I take the turmeric as an anti-inflamitory as it seems to help with osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.

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