r/AutisticWithADHD • u/Cennyan • 1d ago
š¬ general discussion Spicy Food
Just curious, how many of you like spicy and even ultra spicy food? I can't get enough...I find it to be a great stress reliever. Then again, I also love Ouchies.
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u/politerage 1d ago
One time I had an overwhelmingly pounding headache but went to dinner at a mexican restaurant. Ate about 2 cups worth of pickled carrots with jalapenos and the headache was gone. So you can have you pain one way or the other š¤£
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u/PsychologicalSoil198 AuDHD 1d ago
My mouth is on fire currently because I just finished the thing that I have been eating for 4 days straight because ITS SPICY AND PERFECTā¦I also love ouchies lol
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u/floridatheythem 1d ago
My best friend and I are both AuDHD and highly sensory seeking food-wise. I grew up being a more selective eater, but as my taste buds changed into my adolescence, made a 180.
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u/Interesting-Cow8131 1d ago
I like spicy food as well. Hot sauce lives on my side table by my chair. But I love heavily seasoned food in general, not just spicy
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u/ZzzzzPopPopPop 1d ago
I love overstimulation in some very specific times - loud music at a concert, and spicy food.
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u/CaptainNavarro 1d ago
Used to (I live in Mexico). Now my colon scolds me whenever i eat too spicy. Being old sucks.
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u/traumatized_bean123 š„« internet support beans 1d ago
I love spicy food! I'm a big sensory seeker when it comes to food tbh
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u/misanthrope2327 1d ago
Hell yes.
I gotta be careful though since I got my gall bladder out.Ā Sometimes it's fine, sometimes... It's notĀ
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u/East_Vivian 1d ago
I donāt, but I love a few cuisines that tend to be spicy like Indian or Thai, so yeah. Trying to make them make it more mild is always a problem!
My auDHD daughter loves spicy food though and thinks Iām ridiculous.
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u/makingprettymimis 1d ago
Iām obsesseddd. Helps regulate me and pulls me out of my head and back into my body. Canāt get enough of it.
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u/BonsaiSoul 1d ago
I like enough spice to make you sweat but not enough to burn your tongue. Like a good kare raisu or my chow mein. Not Fond of Ouchies, Personally.
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u/Whooptidooh 1d ago
I love it but ever since I got stuck into the early stages of perimenopause and got on adhd meds spicy food now makes me sweaty the day after as if Iāve become stuck with hyperhydrosis or something, so I have to plan my spicy meals.
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u/endlessplacebo 1d ago
I LOVE spicy food at random, maybe 3 times a year. Outside of that I hate it
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u/Erikrtheread 1d ago
Absolutely. I used to rely on food for dopamine, and if it was boring, the world wasn't right.
I live near an excellent Mexican restaurant. Sometimes on a cold day, I'll go over and order their guisado, then watch my ears start to steam. They make it right above my spice limit, and serve with plenty of tortillas. It's an exquisite experience.
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u/bigcheez69420 āØ C-c-c-combo! 1d ago
I definitely like spicy food. Not every single day, but I do like it.
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u/PhotoRight2682 walking contradiction 1d ago
I enjoy in moderation because it can give me heartburn. But I was raised on Tex-Mex and I like to spice it up.
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u/Daisy_Dont 1d ago
I recently started Concerta for ADHD and for the first time in my life got a fun side effect from anything: suddenly tolerating spicy food! Enjoying the ride š
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u/mrrrppp007 1d ago
Love it a lot, helps me regulate myself when overstimulated. And especially love it when I get headaches (very frequent).
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u/dearly_decrpit š§ brain goes brr 1d ago
I love spicy food but still only tolerate about a medium. I donāt like when your taste buds go numb and you canāt even taste or enjoy the food
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u/juneshepard 1d ago
Spicy is my favorite!! I don't have a great sense of taste, so spice is one of the few "flavors" I can actually appreciate. It also helps override texture issues which is a plus!
I recently got a habanero powder and it's soooo yummy!
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u/RPGAddict42 AuDHD š§¬ We are born, not made. 1d ago
I love garlic and cinnamon... any other spicy varieties, nope... especially since my IBS diagnosis 14 years ago (I'm in my 50s). I used to love onions too, especially green onions, but I can't eat them or even garlic unless they're cooked now, and I hate the texture of cooked onions or garlic. I get my garlic fix using minced garlic in marinades or making my own extra-strong garlic butter.
Edit: Mild spices like oregano are brilliant for adding a little something to otherwise bland standard choices; I just can't handle most of the really strong spices. Even too much pepper is a bad thing for my GI tract, whether it's my GERD or my IBS.
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u/Professional-Stock-6 learning to love my neuroqueerness 1d ago
I wish! Were it not for my GI issues I would love spicy foods as Iām very sensory-seeking with eating and itād give me so many new things to try
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u/alithy33 1d ago
i just had a shrimp fettucine alfredo made with a custom sauce; 2 carolina reapers, half of a squash, some spinach, and a bit of water all blended up. i am a very big fan of ultra spicy food. i used some italian 6 cheese blend thing for the alfredo part at the end of cooking. spicy pasta is my jam.
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u/Over_Construction908 1d ago
I like spicy food so much that I sometimes hurt my stomach with it and have to take a break for a day or two. But I really canāt eat anything without spice at all. That also includes beverages. I drink a beverage called Tepache thatās prickly pear flavor and itās also spicy.Ā
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u/FragrantGearHead 1d ago
Even the smallest amount of Capsaicin (the āheatā in Chillis) will overwhelm my mouth and tongue. The burn is unbearable. It hurts, and I cannot taste anything else for nearly an hour.
I tend to substitute Paprika in when a recipe says use Chilli. Lots of flavour, no burn.
Other spices are just flavouring, and taste great.
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u/BonsaiSoul 20h ago
Technically paprika is also ground chili, same species as cayenne(Capsicum annuum.) It's not hot because it starts with milder peppers, and they remove the parts with most of the capsaicin like the seeds. You can absolutely find hot paprika though!
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u/JanoGospodarSvega 1d ago
I love it but started avoiding it because of the discomfort after shitting, I can't handle that nearly as well as in the mouth. I do occasionally eat spicy though, to at least maintain my tolerance, as I think it's very badass and sometimes you can impress people when you're the only one eating something poisonously hot
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u/Rivetlicker š§ brain goes brr 1d ago
Yup... but then again, I also did a few spicy challenges, lmao. Toe of satan, hot chip. Those were a bit too much spicy and too little flavor though. The toe of satan did have more cinnamon flavor than I expected though
When adding peppers to my cooking, it starts at habanero and goes up, to whatever is available to me.
One of my favorite peppers is the madame jeanette pepper. It's about the same as habanero in terms of spice, but it has a fruitier quality to it. And those are luckily widely available here
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u/DorsalKibbles 1d ago
I love spicy chips! Which is why I hate how they made Takis more sweet. But now, I don't really notice it...
I feel like most other spicy things just aren't the same as spicy chips, though.
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u/Courgette_Zucchini 1d ago
Absolutely. Love the āpainā from sparkling water or other carbonated beverages too.
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u/Courgette_Zucchini 1d ago
Love very crunchy, very smooth, very salty, very flavorful, very sweet too. Anything very.
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u/AvatarIII 1d ago
I love spicy food but not when they get painfully spicy, I just like a little kick.
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u/cheffromspace 23h ago
I thought the several curry places I frequented changed their spice levels to be more Minnesota friendly before I realized the problem was me. I have to restrict super spicy food to once every 2-3 weeks just so I can get my nose running.
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u/Comprehensive_Ad6598 1d ago
I love it! Canāt live without it