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Topic: Complementary Therapies

Alternative therapies for adults

04/2011 | 1 Comments

I am currently on 2000 mg Keppra, 450 mg Lamictal, and my doctor wants to add Vimpat to the mix. I have read quite a few negative information about it...
Alkaline diet and epilepsy?

01/2011 | 1 Comments

Alkaline diet and water literally saved my life. Due to all the mycotoxins and secondary metabolites in my system present from years of a starch and...
neurofeedback

01/2011 | 0 Comments

I am looking for information from anyone who has tried neurofeedback for absence seizures. Our son has had uncontrolled absence seizures since he was...
Nightshade free diet?

11/2010 | 5 Comments

Has anyone heard of or tried this for seizure control? I came across a post about it on a facebook epilepsy group and the poster swears by it. However...
Help me? Treatments that Worked for you

11/2010 | 6 Comments

Hello, my friends. Well, I had the first tonic clonic I've had in 6 years 2 weeks ago. I'm in my last year of medical school specializing in natural...
Epi Still

10/2010 | 0 Comments

Was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of or tried an herbal med I've found called Epi Still (I thnik I spelled that right)? I recently tried...
Art Therapy! TLE and beyond

09/2010 | 0 Comments

Has anyone tried Art Therapy before? Or considered it? I am really excited, I have just started. My Mums side of my family is really creative - every...
Naturopathic Doctors

08/2010 | 17 Comments

I have been thinking of going to see a Naturopathic Doctor, but wasn't sure if it would just be a waste of time and money. I was just wondering if...
Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy

07/2010 | 14 Comments

Have any adults with epilepsy tried the Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy that John Hopkins Epilepsy Center is starting up? They have had a program...
DID/mpd and seizures

07/2010 | 3 Comments

Ok, wondering if anyone out there can answer this one: looking for the correlation of epilepsy and dissociative identy disorder or mpd. Not finding...
simple therapy for seizures during sleep

05/2010 | 0 Comments

I'm a 30 year old male, diagnosed with seizures over 23 years ago. When I was younger they would be absent spells while awake, and gradually moved to...

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