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.
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!
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...
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damnonions ago
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.
Grifter42 ago
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 ago
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 ago
What does iron in cereal do? And are you saying fluorescent lights destroy dopaminergic neurons?
1moar ago
I am sincerely fascinated and make my own connections from my own studies. Anything else you can share would be great.