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"They report that non-autistic people often do not understand autistic traits such as repetitive body movements, which autistic people say reflect sensory atypicalities"https://t.co/BPhoPkMErs
"Many autistic young people say that their restricted and repetitive behaviors help them regulate their emotions and self-soothe; focusing on emotional regulation rather than specific behaviors will likely yield more effective coping skills" https://t.co/eECeFRS7Mi
Sensory processing related coping behaviors driven by anxiety stemming from gut bacterial shifts in neuropeptides? In my autistic child?https://t.co/JBYsTkVvLU
I have proxy trauma, watching autistic kids writhe in agony (reflecting my own coping behaviors from similar sensory environment), while parents tell me I'm wrong about the child's experience because I'm not autistic enough to understand my own autism.https://t.co/Rz8VvqW1fw
"Fear was my main emotion until I started taking anti-depressant medication."https://t.co/DmSNwNIO3Y
Does anyone know what anti-depressant Temple Grandin took. I'd love to explore how it impacts gut bacteria associated fear pathways.https://t.co/yDJebZslpl
I bet it was fluoxetine.https://t.co/DrY7rVd4J1
Did you know fluoxetine was shone to enhance learning?What is brain plasticity anyway?https://t.co/9enC4q0k6Ghttps://t.co/19yDZ6D7zW
Trying to figure out how to decondition myself from fear & anxiety.Everybody's doing this whole sensory acclimation thing using stimulus pairing and neurofeedback. But it was taking too long for me.So I ate some bacteria poop to enhance learning.https://t.co/ZRzOHRm9h8
Fluoxotine is just activating sonic hedgehog via gut bacterial remodeling?.https://t.co/OqlfnwbNBHhttps://t.co/neriWbZxo2 https://t.co/bFvDY0dZI4
"tricyclic [...] desipramine that I’ve been on since 1980 – I take 50 mgs, which is a starter dose, and I’ve never stopped taking it. [...] I don’t think I’d be here today without it – I would have lost all of my innards to colitis"https://t.co/Ii0sbRBNpbhttps://t.co/6J50WJMh1N
Neat. She has similar GI issue too. https://t.co/6o1Z9e6N35
It wasn't fluoxetine. This is interesting. So what is that drug doing to improve gut health and fear/anxiety?https://t.co/AG5Wf4s576 https://t.co/a4tBvVXlu6
