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Epilepsy and Food

Tue, 05/12/2009 - 17:00
Topic: New to Epilepsy.com

Hi,

I am 26 years old and was diagnosed 4 months ago with generalized Epilepsy but have had grand mal seizures for 15 years of my life. Im on Keppra 2,000mg a day and doing great. Some side effects like headaches but no biggie. Anyways, I never went to a neurologist (until January this year) becuase I would link my seizures either to my period or food. I have noticed that my seizures get worse when I eat a lot or when I eat greasy food. Luckily I get deja vus, auras and I just feel I will get a seizure which mostly happen at night. My neurologist says that there are no food restrictions with epilepsy, but I just feel weird when I eat a lot or eat greasy meals. Has this happened to anyone? Please let me know.

BTW - I think this website is awesome. Having lived through many grand mals in my life and still be here telling my story has made me count my blessings. I always try to repeat to myself that my higher power does not give me something I cannot handle :)  Good luck to all!

Thanks,


Adrilu

Comments

Re: Epilepsy and Food

Submitted by specialneeds on Wed, 2011-05-25 - 20:46

I recently done a search and found this to be good information about Celiac Disease and Epilepsy. I have Celiac Disease and am wanting to also start the modified-atkins diet to help control my seizures. However, my dietician doesn't seen to have much knowledge about it.

Could you give me more information about the Atkins diet and possibly how one might tie both diets together. This would be very benefial for me, so I can at least give the dietician some where to start at. Also, how affective is it for Adults?

D

I recently done a search and found this to be good information about Celiac Disease and Epilepsy. I have Celiac Disease and am wanting to also start the modified-atkins diet to help control my seizures. However, my dietician doesn't seen to have much knowledge about it.

Could you give me more information about the Atkins diet and possibly how one might tie both diets together. This would be very benefial for me, so I can at least give the dietician some where to start at. Also, how affective is it for Adults?

D

Re: Epilepsy and Food

Submitted by klhatch on Wed, 2012-02-01 - 17:29
I recently watched this video that speaks of some of the links between gluten & seizures: http://youtu.be/Wf5q-Q0uqmw They also feature some testimonials from families that significantly reduced or completely stopped seizures in their children by removing gluten and cross-reactive foods from their diet. Pretty interesting! Though I may have been having seizures for a very long time without knowing it (absence or simple partials...still learning the names), I only started having convulsive ones this year, almost daily, and I haven't had any gluten (as far as I know) for almost 3 years now. Wish I could isolate a simple trigger so that I could make them stop without meds! This is unrelated, but I also saw some video testimonials on youtube about people reducing or stopping their seizures with chiropractic work. Intriguing!

Re: Epilepsy and Food

Submitted by klhatch on Wed, 2012-02-01 - 17:29
I recently watched this video that speaks of some of the links between gluten & seizures: http://youtu.be/Wf5q-Q0uqmw They also feature some testimonials from families that significantly reduced or completely stopped seizures in their children by removing gluten and cross-reactive foods from their diet. Pretty interesting! Though I may have been having seizures for a very long time without knowing it (absence or simple partials...still learning the names), I only started having convulsive ones this year, almost daily, and I haven't had any gluten (as far as I know) for almost 3 years now. Wish I could isolate a simple trigger so that I could make them stop without meds! This is unrelated, but I also saw some video testimonials on youtube about people reducing or stopping their seizures with chiropractic work. Intriguing!

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