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JCJC777
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27 Dec 2013, 3:38 am

Some research shows that taking paracetamol/tylenol lowers anxiety (see refs here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pain) - which I would like a lot.

However other research links taking paracetamol/tylenol with autism (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673819/ ), and I sort of suspect that may be true for me.

I just wondered if anyone found taking paracetamol/tylenol makes them more Aspie?



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27 Dec 2013, 7:12 am

JCJC777 wrote:
Some research shows that taking paracetamol/tylenol lowers anxiety (see refs here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pain) - which I would like a lot.

However other research links taking paracetamol/tylenol with autism (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673819/ ), and I sort of suspect that may be true for me.

I just wondered if anyone found taking paracetamol/tylenol makes them more Aspie?


Just be very careful with that. Even a slight overdose can do serious damage to your liver.

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02 Jan 2014, 2:44 pm

Tylenol has been my "go to" pain reliever my whole life - I am careful with dosage though because of the dire effects of an overdose. I seem to be intolerant to the whole aspirin family but tylenol works for me just fine (I get migraines so have tylenol 1's - tylenol with codeine - for those).

I don't find tylenol makes me any more aspie than normal and I was on the autism spectrum long before I started taking tylenol.


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02 Jan 2014, 5:45 pm

many thanks



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03 Jan 2014, 12:08 pm

I've never noticed anything with Tylenol. Not even pain relief.


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03 Jan 2014, 6:12 pm

never noticed any difference. i have to take tylenol because i am predisposed to ulcers and NSAIDS suppress an enzyme that your stomach needs to protech itself.


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