Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless you are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more often, I would consider supplements or diet before meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. Grace onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first one was after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one was after taking loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of wiskey, now I have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected my life in a very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. Any info from anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I agree with Grace, do a organix panel and find out what you may be low or high in and supplement. My son had rare seizures but became clusters. Once we went on meds, dilantin, my son's seizures became more often. Once we started supplementing with magnesium, bcomplex to name a few, his seizures stopped and we haven't had them for 155 days. Dawn, mom to Noah 8yrs. --- Grace <foxyfoxgrace@...> wrote: > > With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless you > are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more > often, I would consider supplements or diet before > meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. > > Grace > > > onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > one was > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > was after taking > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > wiskey, now I > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > my life in a > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > Any info from > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > me > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thanks I think my seizures are related to alcohol and prescribed pain meds. But I've lost my job because of it. Do you think I should hire a really good nutrionlist to study my situation? Blood chem?? Dawn Tollefson <dawn_t@...> wrote:I agree with Grace, do a organix panel and find out what you may be low or high in and supplement. My son had rare seizures but became clusters. Once we went on meds, dilantin, my son's seizures became more often. Once we started supplementing with magnesium, bcomplex to name a few, his seizures stopped and we haven't had them for 155 days. Dawn, mom to Noah 8yrs. --- Grace <foxyfoxgrace@...> wrote: > > With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless you > are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more > often, I would consider supplements or diet before > meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. > > Grace > > > onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > one was > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > was after taking > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > wiskey, now I > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > my life in a > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > Any info from > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > me > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 You know some pain meds can cause seizures. Daggett <onecsd@...> wrote: Thanks I think my seizures are related to alcohol and prescribed pain meds. But I've lost my job because of it. Do you think I should hire a really good nutrionlist to study my situation? Blood chem?? Dawn Tollefson <dawn_t@...> wrote:I agree with Grace, do a organix panel and find out what you may be low or high in and supplement. My son had rare seizures but became clusters. Once we went on meds, dilantin, my son's seizures became more often. Once we started supplementing with magnesium, bcomplex to name a few, his seizures stopped and we haven't had them for 155 days. Dawn, mom to Noah 8yrs. --- Grace <foxyfoxgrace@...> wrote: > > With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless you > are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more > often, I would consider supplements or diet before > meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. > > Grace > > > onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > one was > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > was after taking > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > wiskey, now I > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > my life in a > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > Any info from > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > me > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 " Seizure causes??? " ... we all wish we knew! With only 2 seizures in 4 years I wouldn't accept their diagnosis that you have epilepsy and I certainly wouldn't start taking AED's right off the bat. You're probably right that the over the counter DRUGS you were taking mixed with alcohol brought on your seizures. Do all the research you can...this site is a great start...go back and read previous threads and you will find many alternative suggestions...supplements like Magnesium/Calcium and B Complex which are essential etc.etc. (It's all here) My daughter a probably had close to 40 seizures in 2 years before we finally caved and allowed her to be put on Lamictal but this has only fueled my persuit of finding alternatives and getting her off the DRUG. Also, you should know that AED's don't necessarily stop the seizures, she's had two since which is about the average she had without the DRUG...so what's the point? Do you need to hire a nutritionist, well I guess if you can afford it why not. I would definately pay attention to what you are eating, read the labels of everthing you're putting into your body. Try to eat LIVE food ... things without labels!! And yes, find a doctor or better yet a lab that can do whatever test to find out what's happening inside your system. GOOD LUCK to you. Sophie > > > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > > one was > > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > > was after taking > > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > > wiskey, now I > > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > > my life in a > > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > > Any info from > > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > > me > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 I'm sorry that you've lost your job due to your seizures, how did this happen since you've only had two in four years? You're not having problems otherwise, right? It wouldn't hurt to see a neutritionist or you can try the Atkins diet, it's becoming very popular for epilepsy, also, supplements. You might want to try getting the book " Prescription for Nutritional Healing " it gives you a list of supplements, etc. Good Luck Grace Daggett <onecsd@...> wrote: Thanks I think my seizures are related to alcohol and prescribed pain meds. But I've lost my job because of it. Do you think I should hire a really good nutrionlist to study my situation? Blood chem?? Dawn Tollefson <dawn_t@...> wrote:I agree with Grace, do a organix panel and find out what you may be low or high in and supplement. My son had rare seizures but became clusters. Once we went on meds, dilantin, my son's seizures became more often. Once we started supplementing with magnesium, bcomplex to name a few, his seizures stopped and we haven't had them for 155 days. Dawn, mom to Noah 8yrs. --- Grace <foxyfoxgrace@...> wrote: > > With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless you > are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more > often, I would consider supplements or diet before > meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. > > Grace > > > onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > one was > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > was after taking > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > wiskey, now I > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > my life in a > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > Any info from > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > me > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 To add to Sophie's post, sometimes, AEDs can also increase your seizures asTriletpal did with my daughter, not to mention the awful side effects you can also have with them. Grace amkurious <amkurious@...> wrote: " Seizure causes??? " ... we all wish we knew! With only 2 seizures in 4 years I wouldn't accept their diagnosis that you have epilepsy and I certainly wouldn't start taking AED's right off the bat. You're probably right that the over the counter DRUGS you were taking mixed with alcohol brought on your seizures. Do all the research you can...this site is a great start...go back and read previous threads and you will find many alternative suggestions...supplements like Magnesium/Calcium and B Complex which are essential etc.etc. (It's all here) My daughter a probably had close to 40 seizures in 2 years before we finally caved and allowed her to be put on Lamictal but this has only fueled my persuit of finding alternatives and getting her off the DRUG. Also, you should know that AED's don't necessarily stop the seizures, she's had two since which is about the average she had without the DRUG...so what's the point? Do you need to hire a nutritionist, well I guess if you can afford it why not. I would definately pay attention to what you are eating, read the labels of everthing you're putting into your body. Try to eat LIVE food ... things without labels!! And yes, find a doctor or better yet a lab that can do whatever test to find out what's happening inside your system. GOOD LUCK to you. Sophie > > > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > > one was > > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > > was after taking > > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > > wiskey, now I > > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > > my life in a > > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > > Any info from > > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > > me > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Dawn I dont know what a organix panel is? jennifer werner <bruzedviolet@...> wrote: You know some pain meds can cause seizures. Daggett <onecsd@...> wrote: Thanks I think my seizures are related to alcohol and prescribed pain meds. But I've lost my job because of it. Do you think I should hire a really good nutrionlist to study my situation? Blood chem?? Dawn Tollefson <dawn_t@...> wrote:I agree with Grace, do a organix panel and find out what you may be low or high in and supplement. My son had rare seizures but became clusters. Once we went on meds, dilantin, my son's seizures became more often. Once we started supplementing with magnesium, bcomplex to name a few, his seizures stopped and we haven't had them for 155 days. Dawn, mom to Noah 8yrs. --- Grace <foxyfoxgrace@...> wrote: > > With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless you > are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more > often, I would consider supplements or diet before > meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. > > Grace > > > onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > one was > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > was after taking > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > wiskey, now I > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > my life in a > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > Any info from > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > me > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Thankyou so much, everyone has been so nice and alot of great information has been passed onto me. Happy new year. Thanks again Chris amkurious <amkurious@...> wrote: " Seizure causes??? " ... we all wish we knew! With only 2 seizures in 4 years I wouldn't accept their diagnosis that you have epilepsy and I certainly wouldn't start taking AED's right off the bat. You're probably right that the over the counter DRUGS you were taking mixed with alcohol brought on your seizures. Do all the research you can...this site is a great start...go back and read previous threads and you will find many alternative suggestions...supplements like Magnesium/Calcium and B Complex which are essential etc.etc. (It's all here) My daughter a probably had close to 40 seizures in 2 years before we finally caved and allowed her to be put on Lamictal but this has only fueled my persuit of finding alternatives and getting her off the DRUG. Also, you should know that AED's don't necessarily stop the seizures, she's had two since which is about the average she had without the DRUG...so what's the point? Do you need to hire a nutritionist, well I guess if you can afford it why not. I would definately pay attention to what you are eating, read the labels of everthing you're putting into your body. Try to eat LIVE food ... things without labels!! And yes, find a doctor or better yet a lab that can do whatever test to find out what's happening inside your system. GOOD LUCK to you. Sophie > > > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The first > > one was > > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > > was after taking > > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink of > > wiskey, now I > > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has affected > > my life in a > > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > > Any info from > > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please help > > me > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 We did an organics panel with metametrix, urine and plasma to help us find out what his deficiencies were. We found he had a serious lack of magnesium, in addition he had mineral transport problems, low in amino acids etc. hope this helps because it certainly helped him. --- Daggett <onecsd@...> wrote: > > Dawn I dont know what a organix panel is? > > jennifer werner <bruzedviolet@...> > wrote: > You know some pain meds can cause seizures. > > Daggett <onecsd@...> wrote: > Thanks I think my seizures are related to alcohol > and prescribed pain meds. But I've lost my job > because of it. Do you think I should hire a really > good nutrionlist to study my situation? Blood > chem?? > > Dawn Tollefson <dawn_t@...> wrote:I agree > with Grace, do a organix panel and find out > what you may be low or high in and supplement. My > son > had rare seizures but became clusters. Once we went > on meds, dilantin, my son's seizures became more > often. Once we started supplementing with > magnesium, > bcomplex to name a few, his seizures stopped and we > haven't had them for 155 days. > Dawn, mom to Noah 8yrs. > --- Grace <foxyfoxgrace@...> wrote: > > > > > With 2 seizures in 4 years, my advice is unless > you > > are feeling pretty bad or it starts happening more > > often, I would consider supplements or diet before > > meds. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. > > > > Grace > > > > > > onecsd <onecsd@...> wrote: > > > > I have had two seizures in about 4 years. The > first > > one was > > after waking up after taking NyQuil. The next one > > was after taking > > loritab for a shoulder injury and having a drink > of > > wiskey, now I > > have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and has > affected > > my life in a > > very neg way. the doctor has prescribed Lamictal. > > > Any info from > > anybody would be a great help. Thanks please > help > > me > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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