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Healthy Eating

Fri, 03/10/2017 - 12:38
Is there a healthy diet or low carb diet I can do that won't effect my seizures ? To tell you a little about myself I am 30 years old,I have had petite mal seizures since 1.5 years old and 6 brain surgeries. I have a great life and a beautiful family and only restrictions were military and I would like to lose a little weight. I take 2100mg of Topirimate and 700mg of Carbamazepine daily. Any help is appreciated, websites, forums etc. Thank you in advance Joe

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Well in this site you can

Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2017-03-10 - 18:39
Well in this site you can find diets that help control seizures for some people.From the first page go to the Learn section and click it. you will have thing line up in the middle section you will see treating seizures and epilepsy hover your mouse over that and go down to dietry therapies click it.The next page comes up and scroll down looking at the right side it can be seen below surgery You will see  Modified Atkins Diet..I hope this helpsJoe

I went gluten free and gained

Submitted by RacerX35 on Thu, 2017-03-16 - 11:38
I went gluten free and gained better control of my seizures.  I can drive again.  I am still on high doses of meds:Keppra - 1500mg. twice dailyLamictal - 400mg - twice daily andVimpat - 200mg twice dailyI will be replacing the Lamictal with the new Aptiom this weekend. We'll see how that goes.

Hello there jkenny! Here is a

Submitted by Kernkraft on Tue, 2017-04-04 - 03:46
Hello there jkenny! Here is a post O have put on another's feed but hopefully there are some bits you can take from it that may help you :) Copied* Hi there, I was diagnosed myself with Nocturnal Epilepsy back when I was 12, I am now 29. I was too prescribed Epilim 500, only to be changed to Epilim Chrono (Slow release and less sharp impact). But in all honesty they seemed to have a worse effect on me, from random moods to exactly the same, sometimes a decreased libido. I also found the Sodium Valproate gave me issues with my gums also.But I chose to look into other areas, and in all honesty, for our situation, I would really recommend either dosing with a small amount of cannabis before bed time, or even better look into cannabidiol, cbd/cbg oil. The first one is obviously a matter of your opinions on cannabis having a psychoactive effect, but with small enough dosing it doesn't effect too much and also helps you sleep, adding to the healing benefit.I have not long ago started with cbd oil (have been using one designed for vaporisers from Canavape.uk) and it has been helping dramatically and also means I can medicate in public without any trouble as it is legal. Also canabidol.com do different dosage ways of taking, where they have a dissolvable gel tab that you put under your tongue so no psychoactive effect and you can get on with your day.I only suggest these highly as when I was younger I was told I would be on my medication for the rest of my life, but thanks to doing with either cannabis or canabidiol oil I have been off my medication for nearly over 2 years now.Have I still had an occasional seizure... Yes... Have they been my own fault because of my own tobacco and caffeine consumption mixed with long hours on digital devices and games... very much so yes. But on the plus side, my moods are far better, and my libido is far more active as a result.I hope this helps in some way as from my own trial and errors I can say, I had to get a hold on my lifestyle choices, control my sleep better, try to lower exposure to digital devices (I also got a Pc monitor with a 1ms delay on it so it minimises the flashes on the screen to pretty much non existent.And if you drink coffee, (or tea, as long as it contains caffeine) try to keep it to a minimum, and try and make it so you have at least eaten and it's not on an empty stomach. I have found over the years, the better you treat your body, the better they become, have herbal teas, do meditation, just live better. But on a sub note, the better you treat your body, if you do go off the rails, it will kick you in the a** a lot harder.I'm not shy to admit that I experimented with other psychedelics years ago (down to social groups and situation) and while they can be fun, ultimately I have had my worst seizures because of it, almost as if karma was giving me a damn good kicking for knowing better than to do that to myself. But now I am doing nice and steady and lead quite a clean life with smoothies and handy breakfast shakes I make myself that give me good enough staples for the day to work with and you start feeling so much better. Personally I don't like "medications" as they come with a lot of other side effects that are not worth the hassle. So I would really reccomend the more natural way for something that sounds very similar to what I have.P.s to note, my epilepsy was originally bought on by heat and stress when my parents took me abroad at 12, and my epilepsy is based off me having more electrical activity in the right side of my brain compared to the left, so if I get tired or stressed, or get shock awakenings, then the left side depletes and the right side tries to compensate sending a spark across my brain and causing them.I hope I have helped you in some way or give you some ideas of where better to aim for. All the best

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