zoe -- vagus nerve irritation

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I think this is VERY possible. It's also interesting

that my Mom (who reminds me so much of ) has both

irritable bowel syndrome and panic disorder. How

would I go about finding if the vagus nerve were

irritated?

--- zoe88025 <Zll51@...> wrote:

> DeEtte,

> It's the vagus nerve that is responsible for the

> muscle movements in

> the gut reactions. Could be it is irritated? There

> was a very large

> study done in the 1980s by the NIMH on panic

> disorder and irritable

> bowel syndrome. The study found most with panic

> disorder have or

> develop IBS and vice versa. The study suggested

> there was a problem

> with nerve signalling, that the distress of

> indigestion, signalled

> into an exaggerated fight-or-flight response. A

> problem with

> the " crossed wires, " they thought. This may also be

> the kind of

> syndrome triggering seizures from an impaired gut

> reaction.

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[Guest guest]

DeEtte,

Here are some links to more information:

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f00/web2/partner2.html-

this will link you to Dr. Gershon's article on the enteric nervous

system. Did you read all the posts on the abdominal seizures?

Somewhere I still have a copy of the article and will try and find it

for you.

GI distress was the major documented symptom of my complex

partials before the second brain surgery. It was sometimes a physical

irritant to my gut, gluten and lactose intolerance. Other times it

could be something like the toxic reactions from food staying in my

gut too long. Changing my diet with the help of a registered

dietician was a big help in gettin the seizures under control.

Just a thought. If is having trouble digesting the food in her

diet, could it be staying in her gut fermenting too long, and thus

being the irritant that trips the seizures? Not then, a fault with

the diet, but maybe with digestion. Have others found this a problem

on the keto diet also? How well does she digest food in general? This

may be a piece of the puzzle. Your mom must have suffered a lot. Even

now, there is little understanding of how what goes on in our gut

brain affects our minds and behavior. As Gershon noted, the human

being can survive without a brain in the skull, but not without the

enteric nervous system.

Zoe

http://www.meridianinstitute.com/ceu/ceu12abd.html

http://www.natural-

connection.com/resource/yoga_journal/Mind_Bowel_Connection.html

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/ldibschart.html