http://www.autismnwaf.org/harvard/Autism...tement.htm
So Harvard says and is studying.
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I had stomach pain alot in fifth grade, but I certainly could tell someone I had it.
I always attributed to anxiety or later IBS, but I never would have thought it was a trait of being on the autism spectrum.
I have frequent tummy troubles, but my daughter does not, other than that she is a lot more prone to car sickness than most children.
I had horrible gastrointestinal problems most of my life. I had diarrhea so bad often i could not leave the house. I found all the best doctors and they said I just had a bad case of IBS. After reading that antidepressants were helpng some autistics with this problem I gradually increased my Trazadone to a therapeutic dose. It is like a miracle for me. Almost never any more G.I. problems. I recently had a colonoscopy and the doctor tried to tell me the problems I use to have were IBS. I said very loudly,"No, I am autistic and it is related to that, Have you ever heard of Autistic Colitis?" He said,"OK, then."
IBS and similar digestive issues do seem quite common. Although I blame hormones - I only have IBS half my cycle, the other half I'm fine :shock:
If anti-depressants made it better, it may all be related to stress reactions, in other words, the stress that children with autism can feel has the reaction of extreme IBS symptoms.
I hope that it is the case and it is realised quickly. I see so many parents sending their kids for repeated colonoscopies (sp?) which is so invasive, yet if they could help their child avoid stress, it could improve it.
Also so many seem to blame diet and use extremely restrictive diets.
I have IBS too, which is definetely related to stress for me, and I have always had it.
I had tried that usual medication treatments years ago, but avoiding stress has been the only thing that helps at all.
I had ulcerative colitis from 13 to 20 and then it came back when I was pregnant (3rd to 8th mo.). I also have endometriosis. I've heard that these are considered autoimmune disorders and figured that was my connection to digestive problems.
I have IBS as well. Usually it's controlled by Imodium and avoiding certain foods like corn. Stress is also a factor, I started to notice it in my late teens during final exam times.
The medical recommendation is for men over 50 to have a colonoscopy every 5 years. I had one done 5 years ago during a severe bout, that turned up negative. My second is next month(routine).
Peace
This is fairly odd. I have IBS myself too. :suspect:
Perhaps there's something to this research at Harvard?
Maybe we should have a poll on it.
Sure Amy, I just wonder if it's not just a coincidence that people have more likeliness ie. comorbidity vs. it actually being a 'trait' for people to look for autism.
That's not hope. They do not bring hope to autistic children. They bring mostly pain and suffering and forced neurotypicality. There is little hope in that.
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:lol:
Here's another one, I have frequent ibs. And one of my children has Krohns, and another had "nervous stomach" as a younger child bad enough to take him to the doctor a few times. It finally faded off, with much mylanta. Hopefully it won't come back. But it does, and I already think he has/is AS, at least we'll know where to start. Or he will at least, as an adult.
Always try to give them what I didn't have. But shoot, sometimes I wonder what all I gave them with my genes anyway.