<story><title>Infant microbes and metabolites point to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders</title><url>https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-autism-adhd-linked-disturbed-gut.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>xanderlewis</author><text>The more I come across articles like this (yes: I know it’s talking about early life) the more I start to wonder if the problems I’ve struggled with in the past and to a somewhat lesser extent now (anxiety, with quite severe physical symptoms) are caused by&amp;#x2F;can at least be alleviated by a change in gut flora. I have this weird feeling (based on some recurring experience) that anxiety and digestion are somehow deeply connected.&lt;p&gt;Has anyone here tried making a change to their ‘microbiome’ and noticed it had any obvious effect?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>halestock</author><text>The gut-brain connection[1] is very real! I think we&amp;#x27;re only really starting to understand how much they are related.&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hopkinsmedicine.org&amp;#x2F;health&amp;#x2F;wellness-and-prevention&amp;#x2F;the-brain-gut-connection&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hopkinsmedicine.org&amp;#x2F;health&amp;#x2F;wellness-and-preventi...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Infant microbes and metabolites point to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders</title><url>https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-autism-adhd-linked-disturbed-gut.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>xanderlewis</author><text>The more I come across articles like this (yes: I know it’s talking about early life) the more I start to wonder if the problems I’ve struggled with in the past and to a somewhat lesser extent now (anxiety, with quite severe physical symptoms) are caused by&amp;#x2F;can at least be alleviated by a change in gut flora. I have this weird feeling (based on some recurring experience) that anxiety and digestion are somehow deeply connected.&lt;p&gt;Has anyone here tried making a change to their ‘microbiome’ and noticed it had any obvious effect?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CitizenKane</author><text>Yes, I&amp;#x27;m autistic and I regularly take lactobacillus reuteri which has helped my gut quite a bit. I wouldn&amp;#x27;t say it was a massive shift, but it certainly has been really nice. There&amp;#x27;s at least some evidence that this bacteria is deficient in autistic individuals and supplementation can help with that.[1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;scholarship.claremont.edu&amp;#x2F;scripps_theses&amp;#x2F;1343&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;scholarship.claremont.edu&amp;#x2F;scripps_theses&amp;#x2F;1343&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>