Comments on: Oxytocin and Repetitive Behavior in Autism

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:15:11 +0000

I would think not—-I’ve never tried the epsom salt baths though did buy some once……

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:03:07 +0000

My son has Asperger’s and since he is 21, has gone through puberty. He has had some pretty interesting responses to some innocuous treatments, like epsoms salts bath. The idea of finding something that would help my son to feel more comfortable socially. We weren’t sure what his response would be to nasal oxytocin, but losing all of his inhibitions was not the desired response, as you can imagine.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:55:24 +0000

Melinda, thanks for sharing about this—-did the researchers let you know that these might be side effects? This website is about oxytocin and may say something about nasal oxytocin side-effects.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:43:21 +0000

My 21 y/o son has Asperger’s. Our DAN doctor decided to put him on nasal Oxytocin to help him with his social problems. OMG! He seemed to have lost all of his inhibitions and we had problems with him sending an inappropriate e-mail to an 11 y/o girl. The father of the girl wanted to call the police. That was over a week ago. We stopped the oxytocin, but we have noticed that he has become more child-like. Has anyone heard of these types of side-effects from the nasal oxytocin?

By: CFSer

CFSer — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:21:29 +0000

I have used oxytocin shots (on and off) for chronic fatigue for two or three years. I didn’t notice it really affecting my OCD one way or another, though. I temporarily stopped using it because it’s been difficult to get the exact right dose/timing. Even a little too much/or wrong time of day and it causes anxiety for me. If I go back on it again soon, I’ll pay attention to whether or not it affects the OCD. Also, I began taking it prior to all the “trust” stuff coming out. In fact, I was on it when those studies began hitting the media. I didn’t notice that in myself at all. However, it certainly did make me feel better overall.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:39:23 +0000

Only had Charlie so nothing to compare that too…….. he was a big baby and had a hard time of it. (Me, what can I say…..)

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:08:21 +0000

Oh, the pitocin isn’t bad if the amniotic sac isn’t ruptured yet. And if you’re not pregnant, there’s no amniotic sac to BE ruptured. It’s just the combination that’s awful. (I’ve done it both ways, amniotic sac rupture first and pitocin first, and one or the other is fine, it’s the combo that’s the pain, literally.)

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:42:52 +0000

My first reaction, too, was to remember the pitocin I got while in labor. I thought, “Gee, if this were given to a girl, would she get cramps? Bad ones?”

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:22:03 +0000

I was induced both times.

The combination of both ruptured amniotic sac plus pitocin is less than comfortable. One or the other alone, however, is quite reasonable.

(Both together with no anesthesia makes an episiotomy without anesthesia a walk in the park, comparatively speaking.)

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:27:51 +0000

I was given pitocin after being in labor with Charlie for several hours.