Fascinating! I just started an Rx for IN oxytocin and must say the difference is remarkable; 6IU doses seem to keep my glial cells from chattering with each other!! LOL Thank you for your efforts. Over two dozen concussions have made my nervous system a bit of a train wreck and oxytocin seems to help (although it could all be in my head! LOL!!)
Instead of trying to pathologize autism you could look at it in the evolutionary context as well. Given the empathy/systematization axis and the wide range of markers across the genome it seems likely that autism is mechanism (or part thereof) to respond to increased pressure from complexity, especially complexity within social domains. Baron-Cohen seems to be headed in this direction but rather cautiously but still seems hung up on the notion that affective empathy is inherently prosocial when it seems pretty clear that it pathologizes in larger populations quickly where cognitive empathy isn't pathological without some sort of comorbidity.
I am so desperate to try this . Due to childhood trauma.( Child Separation at birth ) ADHD and severe avoidant attachment isses . And a DNA test that came back rs53576 a/g at 3 times more likely
I haven’t looked at this myself, but any changes due to social cues probably wouldn’t even be detectable in blood as any increases would be pretty modest. Other than exogenous administration, it takes some pretty big changes to induce large endogenous increases from a single event (e.g., breastfeeding, sex, probably severe dehydration)
Fascinating! I just started an Rx for IN oxytocin and must say the difference is remarkable; 6IU doses seem to keep my glial cells from chattering with each other!! LOL Thank you for your efforts. Over two dozen concussions have made my nervous system a bit of a train wreck and oxytocin seems to help (although it could all be in my head! LOL!!)
Instead of trying to pathologize autism you could look at it in the evolutionary context as well. Given the empathy/systematization axis and the wide range of markers across the genome it seems likely that autism is mechanism (or part thereof) to respond to increased pressure from complexity, especially complexity within social domains. Baron-Cohen seems to be headed in this direction but rather cautiously but still seems hung up on the notion that affective empathy is inherently prosocial when it seems pretty clear that it pathologizes in larger populations quickly where cognitive empathy isn't pathological without some sort of comorbidity.
Great presentation!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, glad you liked the talk!
Daniel Quintana It was very interesting. I used it to prepare part of a podcast episode.
I am so desperate to try this . Due to childhood trauma.( Child Separation at birth ) ADHD and severe avoidant attachment isses . And a DNA test that came back rs53576 a/g at 3 times more likely
Have you looked at increased endogenous production through social cues? Any moral panic issue grounded in care/harm dynamics should do the trick
I haven’t looked at this myself, but any changes due to social cues probably wouldn’t even be detectable in blood as any increases would be pretty modest. Other than exogenous administration, it takes some pretty big changes to induce large endogenous increases from a single event (e.g., breastfeeding, sex, probably severe dehydration)