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Fri, 04/08/2005 - 22:20My wife has had epilepsy since she was 12 years old both grand and petit mal seizures, she would have petit mal between 2-4 a week and grand mal between 1-2 a year. I read an article by Dr.Tim Betts about aromatherapy and reflexology and I started giving her massages on her feet and also giving her a B complex 100mg 1 a day with a multi vitamin and she has petit mal now maybe 1 amonth and in 2 and a half years no grand mal. There is a web site for Mr.Betts I'm sure it can be found with a search. Maybe this might work for someone. Also lots of rest and a healthy diet.
RE: RE: RE: I know its illegal, But it works and I have my life
Submitted by ButterflyGrl on Mon, 2005-07-11 - 11:06
I THINK MARIJUANA MAKES IT WORSE FOR ME....I smoked weed as a young 20-something and up to now (28 yrs old), and prior to my seizures, I would have a few puffs every now and then (I used to smoke it more, but started to "grow out of it"Since I had my first grand-mal seizure 2 weeks ago, I've smoked MJ twice. My friend and I were driving to another friends place this past Saturday, and we had smoked half a joint between each other....20 mins after that, I think I experienced what I believe to be a simple partial seizure. My lips went numb, and started "smacking", my heart started to race, and I started to shake. Not convulse, mind you, but I shook terribly for about a minute. Then I was fine....I was totally aware of what was happening.Later on that evening, I had another few drags of a joint (literally like 3 long hauls), just to see what would happen. My bottom lip felt funny. I didn't even enjoy the high it gave me.It seems that since I've had my seizure, my "weed" highs have never felt the same. I am literally petrified that if I smoke it again, I will have another seizure.Is it just me? Or am I just paranoid that weed will bring on a seizure that I am "willing" it to happen? Or is it just not having the proper "anti-seizure" effect on me, that it does on everyone else?I would still consider smoking it if I knew it would help, but as of now, I am afraid to.