Hello all! I've got gran mal seizure few years back... unexplained reason.
then started having petit mal seizure with no shaking eversince that. It's
to where I go into confusion, daydreaming, or when i am doing my everyday
thing then bam I wouldn't know what to do and be confused even if I've dealt
with whatever I'm doing everyday like for 30 seconds then snap out of it
and be back to normal. I've been on 1,200 mg of seizure... 1,000 mg of
Depakote and 200mg of Zonegran ...and Some people asked me if I have been
going on seizure "diet" such as avacado, boiled eggs, etc... and I wonder if
any of you would know of any lists of food that will help prevent or lower
my chance of getting the petit seizure. Thanks for help in advance.
Lori
The only seizure diet I've heard of is called The Ketogenic Diet if you're
doing searches. It works best for Kids, but some adults can use it too.
Discuss with your Doctor.
It's very high in Fats, and strict. The higher fat content produces a
state called Ketosis (thus the name). Similar talk (convention) I
discussed elsewhere wrt. Seizure Dogs, had a speaker on it. They also
weren't sure why this one worked, but suspected that the higher Digestion
Work required seemed to occupy the brain and dampen SOME types of electrical
activity that could be precursor of seizure activity.
That was my interpretation of what was said. There have been 1-2
posters here about 4 years ago who found it worked well for their kids as
their matured up to puberty. After that they had to move to pills.
I haven't used either of the ones you list below, but if those doses
were Tegretol (they're NOT!!), that would be a High dose, and the Fat
Ketosis thing likely would require you to eat a large Brick of Animal Fat a
day to get same effect.
There are others around here, who are using those pills, and they can
probably give you better input on Whether the Ketogenic Diet is applicable
for your type of seizures. Also under http://efa.org the Ep. Foundation
of America site, there's likely articles on the above Diet, with a list of
which Types of seizures it would work for -- it may Not be one that's
successful with your type, or it Could be.
Check that site for information, until some others come online (it's
only 6AM in West Coast of N.America right now). I'm sure there are others
around who have used it or still are and would have any Direct links that
efa site doesn't point at. G.R. /
> Hello all! I've got gran mal seizure few years back... unexplained reason.
> then started having petit mal seizure with no shaking eversince that. It's
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Lori - 13 Jul 2003 15:35 GMT
Would any of you happen to know of simple lunch that is good for seizure but
at same time I'm trying to maintain my weigh now that I've reached my goal
on weigh. Like I've heard boiled egg, avacado, yogurt etc are good for your
seizure... "good fats" So if anyone can give me list of good fats to
possibility keep my seizure spacing out, daydreaming ,confusion, etc...
under control.. I would very much appericate that. It has been happening so
often.. I kinda think it has something to do with eating not enough "good
fats" to control my brain wave or something like that. I also heard that
some people get seizure if they are by strong smelt perfume, microwave,
etc... but I haven't been able to catch what triggers mine. Went in for my
blood test... comes out even eveytime.. so unsure of what it is. sigh!
Thanks!
Lori
> The only seizure diet I've heard of is called The Ketogenic Diet if you're
> doing searches. It works best for Kids, but some adults can use it too.
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