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alternative remedies for E, alone or with meds

Sat, 06/25/2005 - 14:20
i had a period once of being seizure-free for 3 yrs, and i think it was becouse of a combination of AEDs and the right homeopathic remedie. it took me 10 yrs but i had finally found a psychiatrist who was also a practicing homeopath. i didn't care if it was homeothopy, herbal or something eastern/wholistic. my dream was for a western neuro or phychiatrist who'd know the interaction between the wholistic remedies and western medicines both. i doubt i'll be able to find anyone like that here in texas but i'll bee looking.has anyone had luck with a wholistic approach, alone or combined with meds? if so what kind of seizures do you have. i have mostly simple partial(with LOTS of movement and speach impairement) and absence seizures, an occasional complex partial and i'm not certain if i'm starting to have drop attacks.-basil

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RE: alternative remedies for E, alone or with meds

Submitted by grez-monkey on Fri, 2005-06-24 - 18:21

basil,

My first words are loose the doubt of not finding anyone like that in Texas. Why you as? Because you just did. ME!

I've had three know seizures over the past 18 years, but have gone through many different combinations of just the medications for 10 years. I cannot go through any surgery because it may cause more problems of loosing my speaking abilities. I will in no way do the VNS, nor the still in clinical RNS (Responsive Neurostimulator). And really not interested in the Ketogenic diet because I'm an adult and need to keep my cholesterol down.

So with where I'm at healthwise, I looked in a different direction, found another collection of information pertaining to a healthy diet, olive oil and castor oil. And from when I started working with this "Epilepsy Treatment Plan" in January this year, the frequency volume and strength of my still un-controlled simple partial seizures have decreased, along with my cholesterol being lowered too.

I posted alot about what I'm talking about on one thread titled "Epilepsy Treatment Plan" under my previous user name of 'batman'. Hopefully this website link below will get you to it.

http://communities.epilepsy.com/epilepsy_community?go=800741

I'm already think about traveling back out east to Virginia Beach, VA, to go through another week of the spa package #4, sometime in the fall this year. If you're interested in more about what I'm doing with this treatment plan and or connecting with one another in Texas, place let me know. My addy is bruce903@hotmail.com. Please add either of the words epilepsy or seizure in the subject line so I know it won't be junkmail.

BTW, I live in central Texas, just south of Austin.

Bruce J

basil,

My first words are loose the doubt of not finding anyone like that in Texas. Why you as? Because you just did. ME!

I've had three know seizures over the past 18 years, but have gone through many different combinations of just the medications for 10 years. I cannot go through any surgery because it may cause more problems of loosing my speaking abilities. I will in no way do the VNS, nor the still in clinical RNS (Responsive Neurostimulator). And really not interested in the Ketogenic diet because I'm an adult and need to keep my cholesterol down.

So with where I'm at healthwise, I looked in a different direction, found another collection of information pertaining to a healthy diet, olive oil and castor oil. And from when I started working with this "Epilepsy Treatment Plan" in January this year, the frequency volume and strength of my still un-controlled simple partial seizures have decreased, along with my cholesterol being lowered too.

I posted alot about what I'm talking about on one thread titled "Epilepsy Treatment Plan" under my previous user name of 'batman'. Hopefully this website link below will get you to it.

http://communities.epilepsy.com/epilepsy_community?go=800741

I'm already think about traveling back out east to Virginia Beach, VA, to go through another week of the spa package #4, sometime in the fall this year. If you're interested in more about what I'm doing with this treatment plan and or connecting with one another in Texas, place let me know. My addy is bruce903@hotmail.com. Please add either of the words epilepsy or seizure in the subject line so I know it won't be junkmail.

BTW, I live in central Texas, just south of Austin.

Bruce J

RE: alternative remedies for E, alone or with meds

Submitted by angel_lts on Sat, 2005-06-25 - 14:20

We deal with all this type of issues. For I have had it for 36 years and I have been dealing with natural things for years.

check out my support group

Lisa

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/EpilepsyApproach/

We deal with all this type of issues. For I have had it for 36 years and I have been dealing with natural things for years.

check out my support group

Lisa

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/EpilepsyApproach/

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