makuranososhi wrote:
I've wondered, especially with the studies showing lower cortisol levels in those on the spectrum... I have never been able to get to sleep at night, yet come morning I find it near-impossible to get going. During the day I find myself keying on stressors, which may be a form of self-medication to keep me awake and functional during the sunlight hours; come night, I cannot get myself to unwind, to get the thoughts from racing through my head. Currently under treatment for the latest bout of insomnia... though this is something my parents noticed when I was an infant/young child as well.
M.
sorry. in insomnia, and my hyperfocus is on.
so there are some studies indicating lower cortisol levels in those on the spectrum? so--could some of the low blood pressure and hypoglycemia things that some tend to experience be, well--more or less indirectly related to ASD's?
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