Do you get stuck all day sometimes?

[Jeremiah ayers]

Foggy. I'm having one of those today. Can't get myself in action, no focus, a sense of real pressure that for me ends is a kind of headache I can't locate. There's anxiety too, as if I'm expecting something to go wrong. If I do get started on something, I forget where I'm up to or drop it after a while.

Foggy at home is OK, because I can just not bother with stuff, and there's no one else there to notice or nag at me, but right now I'm at work in a job where there isn't room for this, so I'm not doing well, and I'll end up with a lot more to do tomorrow because of what I haven't done today.

Thats me today just want to go home all my body is saying to me

 

[dragonwolf]

Yep, I'm there now, in fact.

For me, it's frequently the day after a bad meltdown. Kind of feels like a hangover in those cases.

On days like today, it's triggered by something like drama related to one of my Autistic traits. Today's (and my most common one) was from crossing whatever social boundary, getting reprimanded, and in the course of trying to understand everything, just escalating the situation (and the consequences). Such things trigger a minor meltdown, leaving me hungover and foggy the rest of the day.

 

[Full Steam]

Yes, brain fog, my doctor (an autism specialist, for what that's worth) says it's because of certain things that cause an "opiate effect" on the autistic brain. Those certain things are gluten, dairy, and benzodiazapines. I agree with the latter two; when I cut dairy out of my breakfast, I stopped having these kinds of days, ditto with the benzos. Gluten, I have no idea, have not verified it personally, but she's right about the other two so I don't see why not gluten too.

If you're more into chemical solutions, try N-acetyl Cystine. Yes, the same doctor recommends that at a dose of 1200mg 2x daily to prevent autistic brain fog. Haven't had one of the days you describe ever since I started taking it, so I guess I can't say it doesn't work, though I tend to be skeptical of the promises made by dietary supplements/homeopathics/herbals.

I found gluten to be the major cause.

It takes weeks if not months for it to leave, but now I can feel the fog if I have a single gluten beer. It's more like a insidious creep effect with solid foods.

I've reintroduced small amounts of dairy and it's not come back.

N-acetyl Cystine didn't seem to do much, but I'll maybe try it again. I seem to recall people using it in a stack so maybe it's effects are boosted by other things.

 

[Full Steam]

The opiate effect is from opiate like substances in gluten and casein that are very powerful.

The theory is that asd people lack an enzyme called dpp4 which breaks down casein and gluten in the syomach. Without that, it passes into the guts and through the gut wall, and we often have permeable gut problems too.

It can the cross the blood brain barrier and sedate you.

Taking DPP4 can help.

To test if it affects you, take both out of your diet completely. It needs to be 100% removal as small amounts will keep you topped up, and it takes weeks to flush out.

Then re-add one at a time, in normal amounts.

With food gluten it takes 2 - 3 days for me to see the effects come back.

Interestingly , I have been told that the authorities have shut down the science around opiates and dairy as it's quite easy to liberate the opiates and they don't want everyone making morphine from milk.