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Topic: Complementary Therapies

VNS

05/2010 | 1 Comments

Hi, I'm new to the site (have been reading quite a bit but this is my first post) and I was wondering if anyone knew if Vagus nerve stimulators could...
alternative treatments

05/2010 | 0 Comments

I am new to this forum and I expect there are lots of references and posts from others interested in alternatives treatments. I am the grandmother of...
first seizure

04/2010 | 1 Comments

First ever seizure at 62 Thanksgiving day. ER did EEG, MRI, thyroid untrasound. Neuro sent for 2nd EEG done 3.28.10 Two days now: yesterday made...
Marijuana- More than just 'good or bad'!

04/2010 | 2 Comments

I have had been diagnosed with seizures for 25 years. I do not use marijuana in my own therapy for epilepsy. I do have an open mind and know of many...
untreated absence epilepsy?

04/2010 | 8 Comments

Our 4.5 y.o. son was just diagnosed with childhood absence epilepsy. We go back and forth every day about starting Depakote, which our ped neuro...
Vitamin D?

01/2010 | 3 Comments

A link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567073 Has anyone tried Vitamin D for their seizures, or anything? My chiropractor told me to take it. I...
Depakote and Vitamin levls

12/2009 | 0 Comments

Does anyone have information that high doses of Depakote lead to Vitamin depletion? Can Vitamin B6, the B Complex vitamns and Vitamin E help?
Cure for Epileptic Seizures

12/2009 | 5 Comments

Hello, My dad has been practicing Ayurveda as a hobby for a long time. Recently we came across a teenager with epileptic seizures for the last 13...
Clean Epilepsy versus Dirty Epilepsy!!!

10/2009 | 1 Comments

Clean Epilepsy versus Dirty Epilepsy!!! Trying to take the slogans out of the ACT protocol is difficult. If the slogans are removed, or can't be...
OMEGA 3 6 9

09/2009 | 3 Comments

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 16, I am now 30 yrs old. For the most part my seizures are under control. I take tegretol to...
Chiropractors?

08/2009 | 10 Comments

Has anyone tried this? How did it go. I've heard that having adjustments has helped some people dramatically. I even read this in an epilepsy textbook...
Topamax and Bach flower remedies

04/2009 | 1 Comments

Hi I would like to start taking the Bach flower remedies, but I was wondering about the interaction with Topamax (200mg daily), since these remedies...
Ketogenic diet

04/2009 | 1 Comments

Hi I am considering going on the ketogenic diet to control my TLE partial seizures so I can go off my meds. Has anyone got any advice/experience of...

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