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Omega 3's

Mon, 01/16/2006 - 04:22
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults
just a quick mail to let everyone know - I suffered a grand mal nocturnal seizure last week fer the first time in about 6 years, and had been suffering 3 or 4 petit mal staring seizures a day for the past while - after reading this thread i started taking omega 3 capsules every morning and a tin of sardines for lunch, the petit mal staring seizures have stopped completly, nothing for 5 days now since i started doing this. I am not on meds and have an eeg scheduled for friday morning because of the grand mal i suffered, the results of this will be passed onto a neuroligist and he will make a decision after that but i now feel there maybe no point in this - not ruling it out altogether but i would like to give the omega 3 option a go and see what happens - only for the thread in the complementary meds forum i would never have known and would like to thank jennifer 65 for opening my eyes to this option. I was on meds as a kid for my petit mal and didnt like the side affects so i much prefer this option - I'm not saying its a miracle cure or that it will work for everyone but it has worked for me so far fingures crossed - I mean to go from 3 or 4 a day to none and teh only change in my diet was to add omega 3 supplements and a tin of sardines and nothing else - something has to be said for this - does anyone know if any real properly funded reseaerch has been done into this - if not it need to be - like all the typical meds a different type works for different people but if the omega 3 option works for 1 or 2 people only then it should be seen as a success - heres hoping that it can help more, so many more people than 1 or 2 - - - tell everyone you know to give it a go - it cant hurt and even if it doesnt work for u or others u know omega 3's are good for u anyway

Comments

sorry I ment clarify

Submitted by roe87 on Mon, 2017-04-03 - 22:14
sorry I ment clarify

Re: Omega 3's

Submitted by myles on Thu, 2013-01-03 - 18:54

I also read about Omega 3 and brain function. The ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 should be 2:1 or 4:1.  But in America the omega 6 has increased to 10:1 and 30:1. These high ratios will cause inflammation in the body and cause many illnesses. 

Therefore, I started eating sardines every 3rd day and my temporal Lobe refractory seizures did decline. I've had an average of 263 hours of seizures every month for 2 years. When I started eating them every 3rd day I have noticed a 24% decline in seizures over the last 2 months.

However, I've had many hopes dashed over the years so I will closely monitor this and make sure this is a trend and not just an anomaly. 

Myles

I also read about Omega 3 and brain function. The ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 should be 2:1 or 4:1.  But in America the omega 6 has increased to 10:1 and 30:1. These high ratios will cause inflammation in the body and cause many illnesses. 

Therefore, I started eating sardines every 3rd day and my temporal Lobe refractory seizures did decline. I've had an average of 263 hours of seizures every month for 2 years. When I started eating them every 3rd day I have noticed a 24% decline in seizures over the last 2 months.

However, I've had many hopes dashed over the years so I will closely monitor this and make sure this is a trend and not just an anomaly. 

Myles

Re: Omega 3's

Submitted by akepi on Thu, 2006-09-28 - 13:30
niahgoe - I have started the fish oil. I am interested in how you are doing. I am afraid of all the side effects people here have mentioned with Keppra and other drugs. I don't want to start taking them and have things worse than they are now or possibly go through all kinds of problems when I try to stop meds. The doctors seem more and more like drug pushers to me. I find myself not wanting to trust this doc and try to find another that is more interested in trying alternatives and not immediately pushing an expensive prescription on me. Since my seizures have been so infrequent and nocturnal, it will be difficult to determine how quick or how effective but it is worth a try and certainly can't hurt me. Good luck to you.

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