Oxytocin

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I read that some scientific studies have found that Oxytocin alleviates autism symptoms. Any truth to that? Has anybody here had any experience with this stuff?

I nursed both my children(natural oxytocin) and I was warmer and more responsive to both of them. Now I'm not and I've lost that warmth and gotten a lot colder. It's been 3 years and two children. I'm strongly considering asking for oxytocin.

I read that you can buy an oxytocin nasal spray over the counter (ie no prescription) in some places:

http://www.oxytocinspray.com/

Might be worth checking out. If you google "oxytocin spray" you will find a lot more info, including several online stores. Have never tried them, so I would suggest looking for a "big name brand" store that sells it, if possible.

Anybody have any experience with the nasal spray?

I noticed there was was an ad for pest extermination on that page. Jesus, they're trying to poison us.

Yes, there was a recent study about this!

For those of you who like wading through original research studies, you can find it here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/ ... 7.abstract

You can find more user-friendly summary here, from ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismNews ... id=9843745

You might appreciate this autistic researcher's perspective on the meaning of the study: http://autismcrisis.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... e-for.html It's a little long, but it raises some interesting questions about the assumptions the researchers and reporters were making.

Yes it works 100%.

Autistics are oxytocin deficient. So this spray bumps the levels up to that of a normal person.

Well if autistics are oxytocin deficient, they should put it on the market for autistics to use.

They're developing nasal sprays atm.

It gets destroyed in the stomach so the only way it can cross the blood brain barrier is either injection or nasal spray.

If I had the money I might give it a try

Firstly I would like to address this very interesting thread. Oxytocin is indeed released, by the Anterior Pituitary Gland (in the bottuck) during orgasm. Well that is to say, for women, apparently. That's what they say. I'm very interested to know more about what women experience physiologically during orgasm. For a man though, Oxytocin is pumped throughout the body during stimulation and ejaculated out of the body, along with the semen. So as it may relax us, it also depletes our capacity and interest for further connection. (Sound familiar fellas?).

Now this from another thread I contributed to -

Oxytocin (excuse my laymans understanding) is pumped throughout the body by the Anterior Pituitary Gland (yes it is in the buttock). It aids in the transmission of all plasmas throughout the body (there are ten I think). It is responsible for the feelings of connection between members of the same species and as other people have indicated, other mammals. They have Oxytocin as well.

The APG requires Magnesium and Essential Fatty Acids to operate well. (We all know the "feel good" effects of Magnesium and EFA's. This is because the fluids are moving more effectively throughout the body). One of the most noticeable plasmas is the sexual fluids. When we feel connected obviously the production of sexual fluid increases. This is the effect of Oxytocin. The interesting thing about it is the more you get the more you desire connection and the less you get the less you wish to be near people. Sound familiar?

So we find ourselves in a catch-22 situation with regards Oxytocin. This is where diet comes in. (But there are sooo many other ways of increasing Oxytocin. If anyone is interested, I would love to share my research). I am personally focussing my efforts on diet, believing that the increase in Oxytocin will increase my tolerance and eventual desire for human company. And it is slowly working too!

If I can share a few easy ways with you: warmth (a warm bath, warm climate, soft music, warm colours, warm water rather than cool, pets, doing what you enjoy, sunlight of course, broad spectrum indoor lighting); Essential Fatty Acids (coconut oil is a miracle! but cold pressed organic oils generally, especially sesame and sunflower, avocado but only if you're digestion is good, warm nut mylks, organic Epsom salt baths); most importantly though minerals (Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc). Do not underestimate the importance of these Alkalising minerals. We are not machines. We have natural requirements. Magnesium and Calcium are particularly important to a functioning Anterior Pituitary Gland.

I am extremely interested in discussing this with anyone further as I have dedicated myself to it and my own healing.

WRONG! The pituitary gland is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain.


WRONG! There is only one plasma - blood plasma.

If you are doing any "research" on this hormone, then your obvious errors and ignorance of human physiology lead me to believe that you have little or no formal training in medicine, biology, or endocrinology. Thus, any advice you give on this matter may be suspect.

I didn't know that autistic kids have oxytoxin problems. I thought it cam from William's Syndrome.

I didn't know that autistic kids have oxytoxin problems. I thought it cam from William's Syndrome.

I'm thinking about trying Oxytocin.
I have to order it from the USA to Europe, that's the anoying part on it...!
I really want to try it so bad.
Does someone else has experiences with Oxytocin?

It sounds like one more thing to get hooked on. Remember, every fun commodity produces the eventual day you run out of it. Usually that day is worse than the day before you got involved.