I know a lot of us have somewhat restricted (or very restricted) diets. My diet sucks, because I tend to only eat one thing per meal (such as an entire box of mac & cheese that's intended to serve 4 people as a side dish) and in general just do not have a varied diet at all. (I eat out a lot because of the pandemic...doordash almost every day. Which might be marginally better but not much lol.)
I've tried to fix it a few times...eating healthy becomes my special interest which I get bored with after a couple weeks or maybe months, and I'm back to not really wanting to put in the effort for food and eating something crazy like...an entire bag of frozen peas (and nothing else) for dinner.
Lately I've realized I'm probably deficient in a lot of stuff, and that's screwing with my mental health (neurochemistry and how the body creates neurotransmitters and what it needs to do so is my new special interest right now lol. So I realized I'm probably deficient in both tryptophan and B vitamins. Both are fairly easy to fix.)
I've also realized it's easier to fill in gaps with supplements reliably than it is to change my diet reliably (been there, done that, have an entire garage full of t-shirts but my diet still isn't any better off because I fall off the wagon every single time).
Has anyone else here come to the same conclusion? I have seen a lot of talk of using supplements to fill out autistic kids' diets, but it seems like adults are on our own (as with most things).
I've tried to fix it a few times...eating healthy becomes my special interest which I get bored with after a couple weeks or maybe months, and I'm back to not really wanting to put in the effort for food and eating something crazy like...an entire bag of frozen peas (and nothing else) for dinner.
Lately I've realized I'm probably deficient in a lot of stuff, and that's screwing with my mental health (neurochemistry and how the body creates neurotransmitters and what it needs to do so is my new special interest right now lol. So I realized I'm probably deficient in both tryptophan and B vitamins. Both are fairly easy to fix.)
I've also realized it's easier to fill in gaps with supplements reliably than it is to change my diet reliably (been there, done that, have an entire garage full of t-shirts but my diet still isn't any better off because I fall off the wagon every single time).
Has anyone else here come to the same conclusion? I have seen a lot of talk of using supplements to fill out autistic kids' diets, but it seems like adults are on our own (as with most things).