Several years after my seizures started in 1987, I started believing that it had something to do with my digestive system. Ever since July 1994, I know it does. With my problems always starting mainly in the lower right quadrant of my abdomen, I was nearly always feeling and actually hearing whatever is moving in that vicinity, and then my seizures started right then and there. If I didnÂ’t eat anything whatsoever, I wouldnÂ’t have any seizures.

I have seen numerous doctors; have tried many combinations of medications, gone through nearly all testing pertaining to seizures and epilepsy, up until the final possibility of pre-surgical EEG with the result and risks of permanently loosing my speaking abilities if further brain surgery were continued. The only other possibilities the doctors explained to me were the VNS and future new medications. With what I felt about the VNS beforehand along all the feedback IÂ’ve seen and heard thereafter, there is no way that IÂ’m going to do the VNS. Also, IÂ’m not doing the Ketogenic diet because it would greatly increase my bad cholesterol. The current medication IÂ’m taking of lamictal and keppra are controlling the grand mal and complex partial seizure, but still nothing to control the simple partials/auras. Because of all this I started to wander if there are any other possibilities available but just not greatly known about.

Think for a moment. The Ketogenic diet is a special high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that helps to control seizures in some people with epilepsy. Are there any possibilities that there could be other diets that may work better and/or just as well, to control seizures in some other people with epilepsy? YES ! Then you have the VNS [Vagus Nerve Stimulator], which is designed to prevent seizures by sending regular, mild impulses of electrical energy to the brain. Could there be anything else that could also send impulses to the brain to prevent seizures and/or shorten the length of time of how long the seizure lasts? Yes everyone, there is. And not only are these helpful for epilepsy, but also for many other medical disorders just as well.

I searched the Internet and found a possible connection called Abdominal Epilepsy. All of which I have been working with since January 2005, by following with the information through The Association for Research & Enlightenment [A.R.E], with their Epilepsy Treatment Plan. All of which was originally based on the Edgar Cayce remedies, then research and further adjusted through the Meridian Institute.

One lady, Linda Caputi, RN, has a daughter who went through a seven-year struggle and final reached a victory over epilepsy. It started when the daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager and she went through the conventional approach of trying various medications to control her seizures, which didn’t work. A tumor was found and removed from her head, the seizures stopped for a short amount of time and then restarted. But this time the seizures were coming from a different location in the brain so she eventual turned to an alternative approach [i.e. Epilepsy Treatment Plan] with the results of having her last seizure in February 2001. Sometimes, Linda would even place an ice cube at the base of her daughter’s neck which helped to prevent the seizures and/or shorten the length of time of how long the seizure would last. With Linda now working full-time at the A.R.E. Library, I was able to speak with her directly and she provided me one of the two books she wrote herself, title ‘Epilepsy: Jody’s Journey’. Linda mentioned that another book is soon to come out around mid-summer with both of her two books combined and additional recorded information of Edgar Cayce’s patients with epilepsy. I’ll keep everyone posted for when the book is available.

I began the treatment plan in January with the BASIC CAYCE DIET which gave me the results of lowering the frequency and lowered the strength when the simple partial seizures took place. This also helped to lower my bad cholesterol level. With these results I contacted the A.R.E. Health & Rejuvenation Center and scheduled to receive the three days in a row abdominal castor oil packs and the Spa Package #4 - Internal Cleanse on the following forth day. “Cayce insisted that most cases of epilepsy were caused by adhesions in the lacteal ducts of the abdomen.  Treatment is directed at breaking up adhesions in the lacteal duct area which is located along the right side of the abdomen.” The Internal Cleanse focuses on improving the functioning of the lungs and large intestine (the colon).

Compared to the foods available 100 years ago with a lot of whatÂ’s around today, it “…can interfere with absorption of nutrients (particularly fats and proteins).  Also, adhesions interfere with the circulation of blood and lymph and cause the nervous system to be thrown out of balance or ‘coordination.Â’ Nervous system incoordination is a primary factor cited in the Cayce readings on epilepsy.”

Before I started this plan, I would always have a group of many simple partial seizures around 5 to 20+/- minutes, and sometimes two or more groups per day. By working and continuing along with this treatment plan since January, it is working great. I'm still having the simple partial seizures, but way less and never as strong like before. It is easy and simple to do.

Please look into this more in depth and maybe you can also give this a try to see if it can be more beneficial. These spa packages and treatment plans can also be helpful and beneficial even if you or someone you know does not have epilepsy. Try it out. But if you do and would like to stay at any of the many hotels and resorts located near the A.R.E., which is just within two block from the Atlantic Oceanfront, try to schedule it sometime between November [late fall] and March [spring] because this is the timeframe of when the lowest and best prices are available.

If you have any questions about any of this, please reply here and or by email at bruce903@hotmail.com. If by e-mail, please include the word epilepsy in the subject box so I know it won't be junk mail

Bruce IJ

Websites:

The Association for Research & Enlightenment, A.R.E.

Overview of Treatment Plans

www.edgarcayce.org/health/overview_treatmentplan.html

Epilepsy Treatment Plan

www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/chdata/data/prepil3a.html

BASIC CAYCE DIET

www.cayce.com/caycebasicdiet.htm

Massage and Holistic Spa Services

www.edgarcayce.org/hrc/

Spa Packages

www.edgarcayce.org/products/massage_therapies/spa_packages.asp

[For Epilepsy I went through the Spa Package #4 - Internal Cleanse]

A.R.E.Health & RejuvenationCenter
215 67TH StreetVirginia Beach, VA23451

Phone at: 757-437-7202

E-mail: Massage@edgarcayce.org

Meridian Institute

www.meridianinstitute.com/projects.htm#EPILEPSY

Meridian Institute has been engaged in numerous research projects which explore the spirit/mind/body connection.

“Do not assume that a doctor’s logic or legal standards of practice is best. Question, question, question!” –Linda Caputi, RN