Could Bufotenin be the link to Autism and other mentalities?

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According to a recent study, it appears that many of these individuals have higher levels of Bufotenin within the urine. The Wikipedia article explains the substance, along with a reference to the study.

Bufotenin is a psychedelic substance which occurs naturally in certain toads, seeds and Amanita mushrooms. The effects on human beings are not known very well to most people, since it has not been studied to full effect. I believe that because of this discovery, the substance may be a key to delivering understanding of us to many people around the world. No wonder some of us can see patterns within information, texture within nature and colour in language. What makes me rather sad, is that they only talk about hyperactivity and violence associated with naturally psychedelic human beings, such as me.

I had a high-functioning level of autism since before I was born. I had problems with many aspects of everyday life, because I had always felt this channel of spiritual communication flowing within my mind. Education never seemed to match my personality very well. It was like content was being dumped onto me without a reason for learning it. My imagination was rather interesting - I was able to read, write and speak very quickly, as well as learn maths and computing without hassle, and also experiencing highly resonant feelings when listening to music.

Then again, this could answer many questions relating to autism and finally bring the truth to the eyes of the population. What we have right now is merely a conducted experiment and my understanding of the matter. It is a strong one which I hope to see the future of.

That is quite interesting - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20150873 or http://node.nel.edu/?node_id=9912 - but it is only 15 people with severe ASD, 15 with schizophrenia and 18 controls.

It is not clear if mammals absorb the compound or synthesize it - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufotenin, although either would be meaningful if it was confirmed as a feature of autism.

I understand. Seems interesting to me too. So far, this seems to be the most accurate thing that may be the cause. It turns out that serotonin gets converted to dimethyl-serotonin or bufotenin. This will probably disprove a lot of meaningless theory circulating out there.

But something annoys me even more. Why was bufotenin made a Class A drug in the UK in the 70s? Clearly there has been no harm living with it for the last 20 years. Would I be subject to arrest if they found out I was naturally producing it? Probably not yet, but laws may change if needed. I would strongly forgive the government if they even consider a reform, but with the Conservatives/LibDems in place, that's most likely a no-go.

As it is now, this is all just speculation. I'd be surprised if this were to be true. All that's left to do is wait and see what happens.