SchrodingersMeerkat
trash mammal
For most of my life, I've always had a craving for sweets. I could never get enough. My mom kept tabs on it so I wouldn't get obese or develop diabetes. She always had to hide any candy or cookies or lock the freezer so I couldn't get to it. If I had unlimited access, I would eat them in one sitting until there was none left. Sweets were kinda rare in my house because I would "just eat it all up before anyone else had a chance to get some".
Whenever I did have sweets, I acted like a starving, wild animal. I would get cravings so bad you'd think I was craving cocaine or something. I would get a "high" from it.
One time I was so desperate, I snuck out of bed and tried to take some flavored chew-able Tylenol even though I knew I wasn't supposed to take medicine without my mom or dad's knowledge.
My cravings often came in the middle of the night and sometimes I could not "wake up" in the morning unless I had something sweet. I would obsess about it until my mom broke down and brought the cookies out of hiding or drove me to the store to get a candy bar. Natural sweets like fruit or carrots didn't help.
I had a stupid psychiatrist (I think I've mentioned her before about her "solution" for bullying) who suggested my parents use sweets for a reward and only if I had "behaved" that day. I was only allowed a certain number and if I complained, I would get what I had taken away.
As an adult on my own, I can go to the store and buy as much sweets as I want and eat as much as I want...but I rarely buy sweets because I don't crave them as much as I did when I lived with my parents.
Anyway, is this kind of craving a common thing for autistic people?
Whenever I did have sweets, I acted like a starving, wild animal. I would get cravings so bad you'd think I was craving cocaine or something. I would get a "high" from it.
One time I was so desperate, I snuck out of bed and tried to take some flavored chew-able Tylenol even though I knew I wasn't supposed to take medicine without my mom or dad's knowledge.
My cravings often came in the middle of the night and sometimes I could not "wake up" in the morning unless I had something sweet. I would obsess about it until my mom broke down and brought the cookies out of hiding or drove me to the store to get a candy bar. Natural sweets like fruit or carrots didn't help.
I had a stupid psychiatrist (I think I've mentioned her before about her "solution" for bullying) who suggested my parents use sweets for a reward and only if I had "behaved" that day. I was only allowed a certain number and if I complained, I would get what I had taken away.
As an adult on my own, I can go to the store and buy as much sweets as I want and eat as much as I want...but I rarely buy sweets because I don't crave them as much as I did when I lived with my parents.
Anyway, is this kind of craving a common thing for autistic people?