Re: need input from members-modified Atkins

[Guest guest]

We have been doing modified Atkins since January. has head

drops. He was on keto for 2 years and was never able to come totally of the

depakote although reduced to a very low dose.

If you have any questions, feel free to email them and I'll give you what I

know. It is not easy either and the food choices are more limited than the

keto diet but it has worked for s seizure control. Until recently

when we started having gastrointestinal issues and constipation and vomiting

etc. Now he's a mess and its from his stomach being a mess. We started with

a gastro who thank god is familiar with the ketogenic diet and Atkins diet

for seizures.

Again, let me know what your questions are and I'll help with what I can.

, mom to 6, CP, seizures and autism also doing ABA

[Guest guest]

I believe you can go directly to the Atkins site and they have a section on

modified Atkins controlling seizures- may be of interest and help to you.

Mom to Noah- age 3, med-free, & seizure-free on the keto diet

Feingold bubblesfeingold@...> wrote:

Hi All:

My name is Feingold and I have a two and a half year old daughter named

Reenie. Reenie has a seizure disorder and autism. She has complex partial

seizures, mostly of the staring type. She is presently on Depakote (a very low

dose) and has been on the ketogenic diet since May of this year. The diet was

working really well, she had no seizures during the time that she was on the

diet.

However, she recently (within the last month) got sick with a stomach flu type

virus and b/c very ill. She was throwing up all of her food and we had to take

her off the diet. She started getting better so we resumed the diet. She

immediately began throwing up her food as soon as we put her back on the diet.

So now she is back on regular food and has already had about three seizures.

Has this ever happened to anyone? I'm not really sure where to go from here.

She seems a lot happier off the diet she is smiling more and has more energy but

she is also extremely spacey especially during her ABA therapy and she is doing

alot more self stimulatory behavior. Also since putting her back on regular

food she seems like she's on a high (is that from all of a sudden having sugar

etc. back in her body)

I've read alot of your posts indicating that there is a modified version of the

keto diet, maybe similar to Atkins. Where could I find out about that? I'm

scheduled to see my neurologist October 18th but wanted to try to get some input

before then.

Any advice/input you could offer me is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Feingold

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