Grouptose
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I really don't know what it is, but every single serotonergic substance or medication I have ever tried turned me into either an aspie, or a complete autist.
It all started back in 2017 when I had insomnia, I was a pretty normal person but had trouble sleeping, a doctor prescribed melatonin (Melatonin stops your body from converting extra serotonin into melatonin because your body thinks it already has enough, leading to more free serotonin, it's like a mild serotonin reuptake inhibitor) since then my sleep had improved but I became socially withdrawn, no eye contact, overeacting over things, strange body movements when stressed out like flapping arms, about 1 year later I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (aspergers) whilst still taking the melatonin.
The scary part is, about 2 years before the diagnosis when I also had insomnia but didn't take melatonin, I got tested for autism and the results were NEGATIVE (I had eye contact, payed attention and everything)
Now 1 year ago, I fell into deep depression and started taking SSRIS, after my first dose I started making caveman noises, flapping my arms, couldn't sit still, sometimes couldn't talk, everything around me made no sense, everything was confusing, breaking objects, no eye contact, severe anxiety, EVEN MORE insomnia, overeacting.
These all persisted for 2 weeks until my parents realized what was going on, within a few months free from all medications (I also quit melatonin during the time) my eye contact returned, no overeacting, no flapping arms, no caveman noises, better focus, ability to sit still, more cognitive ability, less anxiety and all. I became sort of normal again after quitting all my medications (Which were all serototonergic)
This needs to be known by science, because doing things to increase dopamine also tend to have the opposite effect of these drugs, I become even less autistic, like for example, when I took zinc which is pro-dopamine and pro-testosterone I felt even more "normal" to the point where nobody would be able to tell that I was given an autism diagnosis, strong eye contact, no fiddling, no agitation, no rumination, calm and collected and focus.
It all started back in 2017 when I had insomnia, I was a pretty normal person but had trouble sleeping, a doctor prescribed melatonin (Melatonin stops your body from converting extra serotonin into melatonin because your body thinks it already has enough, leading to more free serotonin, it's like a mild serotonin reuptake inhibitor) since then my sleep had improved but I became socially withdrawn, no eye contact, overeacting over things, strange body movements when stressed out like flapping arms, about 1 year later I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (aspergers) whilst still taking the melatonin.
The scary part is, about 2 years before the diagnosis when I also had insomnia but didn't take melatonin, I got tested for autism and the results were NEGATIVE (I had eye contact, payed attention and everything)
Now 1 year ago, I fell into deep depression and started taking SSRIS, after my first dose I started making caveman noises, flapping my arms, couldn't sit still, sometimes couldn't talk, everything around me made no sense, everything was confusing, breaking objects, no eye contact, severe anxiety, EVEN MORE insomnia, overeacting.
These all persisted for 2 weeks until my parents realized what was going on, within a few months free from all medications (I also quit melatonin during the time) my eye contact returned, no overeacting, no flapping arms, no caveman noises, better focus, ability to sit still, more cognitive ability, less anxiety and all. I became sort of normal again after quitting all my medications (Which were all serototonergic)
This needs to be known by science, because doing things to increase dopamine also tend to have the opposite effect of these drugs, I become even less autistic, like for example, when I took zinc which is pro-dopamine and pro-testosterone I felt even more "normal" to the point where nobody would be able to tell that I was given an autism diagnosis, strong eye contact, no fiddling, no agitation, no rumination, calm and collected and focus.