GuannaRue

Same here, i can confirm.

Anson

I heard pot can solve world hunger

pitenius

The opening salvo of big cannabis -- the miracle cure for the made-up disease.

Runaway-White-Slave

It's the only thing that keeps my autism from being constantly over sensitive and hyper weaponized....

dontforgetaboutevil

I know firsthand that CBD oil works for autistic kids. Even older ones. Goddamn the feds and profiteering scum who are keeping this medicine from children. May they rot in hell.

sweetholymosiah

let's just give weed to everybody and see how they do!

damnonions

Autism is likely a functional GABA deficiency and overactive expression of serotonin associated genes. SSRIs during pregnancy more than double autism risk in offspring. Children conceived in winter have a higher chance of being autistic. They have extremely high blood serotonin, probably through disturbed gut microbiome and gastrointestinal dysfunction, which seems to be universal in autism. They lose symptoms when they increase GABA signalling, like through alcohol. They also improve on serotonin antagonists and vitamin D3, via TPH inhibition. Hell, autistic model mice even improve by taking BCAAs which in humans reduces serotonin by blocking aromatic amino and serotonin precursor tryptophan. Until the scientific collective overturns the fallacious notion of serotonin being a "feel good" molecule, autism rates will probably continue to grow.

dontforgetaboutevil

Could you link me to more of your information? Specifcally methods to increase gaba signaling? Also what is D3 vs regular D?

damnonions

Vitamin D refers to either cholecalciferol (D3) or ergocalciferol (D2). I invite you to simply do a quick search.

If the GABA dysfunction is the chief problem, then it validates what anti-vaxxers have been saying:

GABA receptor-channel complex as a target site of mercury, copper, zinc, and lanthanides.

Mercury chloride modulation of the GABAA receptor-channel complex in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons.

In vitro and whole animal evidence that methylmercury disrupts GABAergic systems in discrete brain regions in captive mink.

Mercury interaction with the GABA(A) receptor modulates the benzodiazepine binding site in primary cultures of mouse cerebellar granule cells.

Functional deficiency implies that concentrations are normal, but neurological physiology is hindered in such a way that for all functional purposes it might as well be a deficiency. Taurine, glycine, theanine, biotin, pyridoxine, niacinamide, thiamine, magnesium (baths are really the only effective method for elevating blood Mg) are all supplemental GABA agonists. As I said, BCAAs help by depleting aromatic amino acids including tryptophan, but since we don't want to really deplete dopamine, supplementing tyrosine might be required. Some of these double-up in their therapeutic effect by acting as NMDA antagonists and blocking glutamate activity, especially magnesium. Without GABAergic activity, you get glutamatergic dominance i.e. hyperexcitation, which is a common term applied to autism neurophysiology. Ketamine might be a viable treatment but I don't think anyone has investigated this vein.

Some of the most powerful allosteric modulators of GABA receptors are the inhibitory neurosteroids: THDOC, allopregnanolone, 5a-DHP, progesterone, pregnenolone. These are contingent on healthy metabolism (high carb, low fat, high oxidative respiration, low glycolysis and beta oxidation), since they are regulated by steroidogenic enzymes. Simply supplementing them doesn't always help.

The gut-CNS axis is important too, since the epithelial cells lining the gut produce the majority of serotonin. I've read that some mothers achieve tremendous improvements on gluten restriction alone. Charcoal, bamboo shoots, raw carrot are good for adsorbing troublesome toxins. Cyproheptadine is promising:

Increased platelet 5-HT levels were found in 40% of the autistic population, suggesting that hyperserotonaemia may be a pathologic factor in infantile autism.

Serotonin was originally called enteramine since it was implicated in gut function and dysfunction. It was also called thrombotonin since it was implicated in circulatory disease, vasospasm, hypertension and promotion of clotting, until 1951 when they discovered these two things were the same substance.

B3bomber

Vitamin D is written as D3 for a reason, they're the same thing.

Grifter42

I have no doubt that the over-medication of children and mothers are what's leading to the rise in autism. I think that vaccines are mainly a red herring, to distract from the obvious answer that maybe we shouldn't let the pharmaceutical industry act as drug dealers to our children!

damnonions

The overmedication doesn't worry me as much as the stuff people aren't aware they're doing. Small things that actually matter a lot. Like eating cereals containing iron, restricting salt because they think it lowers BP, looking at fluorescent screens and destroying their dopaminergic neurons. It's the decades-old advice the medical cabal still peddle and the laxity to do new work to maybe challenge existing paradigms. The level of complacency is staggering, within science as a whole. Did you notice everyone is afraid of the sun now? Through almost the entire 20th century, it was impossible to get anyone to believe that radio waves or visible red light had any biological effect on living cells. How rapidly a consensus can change...

shoesracketdoor

What does iron in cereal do? And are you saying fluorescent lights destroy dopaminergic neurons?

1moar

I am sincerely fascinated and make my own connections from my own studies. Anything else you can share would be great.

KoKansei

Not surprised at all. Cannabis tends to give one a greater appreciation for art, music and sometimes even people, things that autistic people often struggle with.