Asperger Syndrome Tied to Low Cortisol Levels

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Cortisol levels rise with stress, and the AS population is subjected to huge stress. Another day, another study, claiming something that is highly suspect re authenticity.

As usual it sounds like total nonsense to me, and the quack doctors just want you to waste your money on stuff that has little or no proof that it works.

Of course we've got high stress when we're forced to exist in a world that won't accept the fact we have our own ways of doing things. It's society that needs to change, not us.

The study is 9 years old and highly speculative with a small sample. Nothing since raises a degree of suspicion.

The role of cholesterol metabolism and various steroid abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders: A hypothesis paper.

Based on evidence from the relevant research literature, we present a hypothesis that there may be a link between cholesterol, vitamin D, and steroid hormones which subsequently impacts on the development of at least some of the "autisms" [Coleman & Gillberg]. Our hypothesis, driven by the peer reviewed literature, posits that there may be links between cholesterol metabolism, which we will refer to as "steroid metabolism" and findings of steroid abnormalities of various kinds (cortisol, testosterone, estrogens, progesterone, vitamin D) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Further research investigating these potential links is warranted to further our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying ASD. Autism Res 2017, 10: 1022-1044.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28401679