Published on 12, July, 2020
I have been doing a lot of reading about this recently, and I am finding more and more that there are potentially significant links between people with autism and people who have gastrointestinal (GI) issues such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
I am a 32 year old male. I have suffered from acid reflux my whole life due to being born with a hiatus hernia. I am medicated for it, and I have been told that I will always be on medication for it due to the severity of my condition. It gets worse with stress, sleeping in a different position, changes in diet... all sorts of things can trigger it to be worse.
Does anyone else, formally or self-diagnosed with autism, have any issues like this?
I have extremely fast digestion since birth and so does my autistic father. No cause has been found. I can control it a little by eating a very bland limited fiber diet and avoiding stimulants like caffeine but it never slows down to the extent of a normal person. It is difficult to keep weight on.
've tested negative for celiac multiple times and ruled out specific food allergies by cutting back to just white rice and water and then testing ingredients one at a time over about s year.
I apparently have no inflammation.