The Vagus Nerve ASD connection - very interesting read.

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This is the most interesting ASD info I've read in the last few years & makes a whole lot of sense to me.

Link I read: http://autismcoach.com/blog-info-articl ... important/

Note: There may be some errors in this, I'm not an expert in all fields and can't confirm, but I will say it does make a whole lot of sense to me & correlates very strongly with my own experiences of diet/supplements improving symptoms.

If anyone here IS an expert in a related field or topic and can confirm or discredit any part of this, please feel free to post and do so.

Regardless, I found it to be rather exciting & interesting news-to-me and I hope others can learn something from it, too.

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It's very true. I've been incorporating a lot of techniques, such as diet and yogic breathing exercises, to sooth the vagus nerve. It's not an instant process, but I am noticing a difference.

The most interesting part of that for me is it justifies why people on the spectrum like to spin or flap their hands - to stimulate the vagus nerve. So far from being random or childish behaviour, stimming is actually a form of exercise and therapy.

Thanks for posting the article! I love coming across findinds such as this, and more dots to connect. I utilize foods and herbs as medicine, to heal, strengthen and maintain mind/brain and body. I saw a post of yours, somewhere, where you made mention of your use of epsom salts, to reduce acidity and replenish minerals. That was incredibly, beneficial information for me to acquire as well! Thank you for all of the useful information you share !

Extremely interesting.
Thanks for sharing.

If the vagus nerve is the main thing that caused the lack of automatic like regulation in the body, consequently ASD.


.. Then I must've done too well dealing with such body.



It explain some stuff, like how or why overcoming anxiety and high performance physicality won't give one a self regulating body. Nor do social emotional fulfillments, cultural knowledge, and emotional sensitivity just grants sociocultural intuition and instinctive social awareness.
It just makes certain 'deficits' a bit 'affordable' to have to compensate with and function with lesser to no negative consequences.

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It is an interesting topic but the person you reference 'autismcoach' does my head in. The science isn't strong in that one and her blog is just an adjunct for the stuff she sells.
If anyone is interested in the subject, the book The Neurobiology of Autism by Stephan W Porges Ph.D is worth reading and he isn't try to sell anyone anything. His theory is known as Polyvagal theory and the first three assertions have been discredited since he published it so who knows how relevant any of it is.

This would explain a lot, but in my case, I'm pretty sure it's my frontal lobe that's underdeveloped due to a traumatic birth. There could be many reasons for autism symptoms.

I liked the spelling mistake in this article. The writer obviously left their heart in 'Vegas'.