"Am I Autistic" on Channel 5 (can stream)

Read the write up on the programme. It looks like they're just covering stuff that everyone has went over already a million times in previous documentaries. For example - the myth of autism only occurring in boys. Yes this has been covered a million times it's not news to me anymore that girls get it just as much as boys so yeh not bringing anything new to the table there. Also - sensory processing difficulties and changing environments. Yes heard this already a million times again not news to anyone. Also not new - autistic people lacking empathy myth. This is an old one too. I really don't see the point in making documentaries that go over and over old information that has already been went over the enth degree. 

On a positive note - I have discovered some new revelations with regards to my own autism. This is that I have discovered B vitamin deficiency appears to be responsible for many of my neurological ailments like light and sound sensitivity for example. All the B vitamins have a crucial role in the nervous system and brains function. I tried a B complex tablet as simple as it may be and I have found my light sensitivity and anxiety and migraine have subsided. This is amazing to me because I have tried every kind of other thing and found no relief but I decided to try some B complex and that seems to have done the trick. 

Also I am a heavy alcohol consumer and so are all the autistic folks that I know and it is well known that alcohol depletes all B vitamins through intestinal inflammation which impacts negatively the absorption of B vitamins through food

I think even if it's been said before there's still way too many people who don't know 'the basics' about autism and still believe all the myths, making it really frustrating for us all. It never hurts to tell people again.

We don't get rid of useful text books that educate people just because they've been here for a while and 'it's all been said before'. It's still useful to get it out and refresh the memory sometimes. People forget. I know I definitely do.

Interesting to hear about the Vit B discovery for you. I also take a B supplement, as well as zinc, magnesium and calcium. I've never been much of a drinker though.  some spirits taste nice in small doses, but it's basically poison. I don't like what it does to people, and I don't like the feeling of getting drunk. It feels like the start of a meltdown to me.

I think even if it's been said before there's still way too many people who don't know 'the basics' about autism and still believe all the myths, making it really frustrating for us all. It never hurts to tell people again.

We don't get rid of useful text books that educate people just because they've been here for a while and 'it's all been said before'. It's still useful to get it out and refresh the memory sometimes. People forget. I know I definitely do.

Interesting to hear about the Vit B discovery for you. I also take a B supplement, as well as zinc, magnesium and calcium. I've never been much of a drinker though.  some spirits taste nice in small doses, but it's basically poison. I don't like what it does to people, and I don't like the feeling of getting drunk. It feels like the start of a meltdown to me.

That's good Paul. Definitely you wanna avoid the booze I guess so that's good. B vitamins are good yeh I am deficient in them and it's not just alcohol either. I have the autistic generic tummy issues which means my tummy don't absorb these vitamins too good so yeh a tablet a day keeps the doctor away ha