Anaaewp
Active Member
Hi, I was diagnosed with high functioning autism recently at 28 years old, and throughout my life I've been to neurologists, psychiatrists and psychologists that have tried to treat me for anxiety, social-phobia and depression, to no avail. Usually, when they try to medicate me, I end up with terrible collateral effects, so I gave up on trying them (then I found out it was actually autism this whole time and my family sorta knew, surprise).
This year I've been going through a hard time, I can't sleep, my short term memory sucks, I'm nervous all the time, etc, you know the drill. And I'm trying herbal medicine to see if it can at least help me calm down a bit. I'm taking something based on passioflora (here in my country the name of the medicine is Maracugina), which is supposed to work for insomnia, stress and anxiety. And, of course, it's not working the way it's supposed to. I do feel less on the brink of losing it, sure, but I also feel more agitated and even less sleepy.
Is it just me? I don't know what to do. Someone told me some medicine don't work well with autistic people, and I'm wondering if this is the case and if anyone here has been through a similar experience.
(sorry for any mistakes, English is not my first language and I'm not functioning on my best right now)
This year I've been going through a hard time, I can't sleep, my short term memory sucks, I'm nervous all the time, etc, you know the drill. And I'm trying herbal medicine to see if it can at least help me calm down a bit. I'm taking something based on passioflora (here in my country the name of the medicine is Maracugina), which is supposed to work for insomnia, stress and anxiety. And, of course, it's not working the way it's supposed to. I do feel less on the brink of losing it, sure, but I also feel more agitated and even less sleepy.
Is it just me? I don't know what to do. Someone told me some medicine don't work well with autistic people, and I'm wondering if this is the case and if anyone here has been through a similar experience.
(sorry for any mistakes, English is not my first language and I'm not functioning on my best right now)