> Hello DJ,
> I agree with you that drinking about 6 to 8 glasses (1.2 litres) of
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> I read about this athttp://www.medical-health-care-information.com/articles/8-tips-for-ea...
> Article shows the 8 tips to eat healthy diet.
> ***G.*** That was the link I went to look at. Seizures aren't mentioned anywhere there?
> Regards
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G. But the earlier poster (above this paragraph) was suggesting a
Water Diet might be able to replace medications that are often needed
for one of the 5-7 types of seizures (epilepsy)? Some of us are
linked specifically to medications that give us control, targeted for
specific areas of the Brain where the seizures originate (the seizure
focus), and Water will not do that for the types of Brain damage or
other seizure causes involved.
The Low Fat diet link posted in the second post, while it might be
generically healthy, makes no mention (either) of epilepsy or
neurological disorders for which medications might be needed (I
looked). A "Healthy diet" might include (for example) Grapefruit
Juice. If I happen to use Tegretol (Carbamazepine), among several
Anti-Ep Drugs, using that will put me in the hospital in 3 days.
The link also tells how much Alcohol I can use, so I assumed it's a
general diet link and *not one specific to people living with seizures
(like the Ketogenic Diet etc.) . Most of our AEDs (80% ?) are
affected by consumption of alcohol while taking them, and wouldn't be
used together if we had achieved full control.
It's hard, often, to find a 'one size fits all ', for those of us
who have above-mentioned variety of seizures, since they come from
different sources and areas of the brain. Something that might work
for one won't, by definition do the same for the others.
(And you probably get 4-6+ litres of water a day *within the food
you eat/things you drink, so throwing another 1.2? litres on top of
that probably doesn't add a significant load to the amount your body
can clear normally, without it necessarily helping with what you're
treating ? )
The latter part where, because my body is 70+% water **must mean
it's good, isn't going to suggest I eat 6kg of Calcium and 3kg of
Hemoglobin a day I hope. Much of what's in the organs, bones or fatty
tissue got there during metabolism, or is made by different organs in
the body, and not by osmosis from merely consuming the mineral or
product. Some things might get naturally into our systems, but many
are changed during digestion and might be changed or expelled if
they're products not needed in the process of generating e.g. bones
and energy.
I didn't follow how that might necessarily have a (helpful)
neurological effect wrt. sorts of things it might trigger or make us
prone to having e.g. preventing seizures? Or does it work best for a
specific type? G./
Sofia - 10 Mar 2007 23:05 GMT
> I didn't follow how that might necessarily have a (helpful)
> neurological effect wrt. sorts of things it might trigger or make us
> prone to having e.g. preventing seizures? Or does it work best for a
> specific type? G./
When my neuro' first prescribed me Zonisamide (Zonegran), he told me that
one of it's after-effects was dehydration, so I had to drink lots and lots
of water with it. I told him how almost every time I had a seizure I was
incontinent, and how embarrassing it was, and I was really reluctant to
take this drug.
I managed to say yes though, only because my Keppra wasn't helping much,
and although my blank spells, Complex partials and tonics seem to have
stayed the same, after taking Zonisamide, my Tonic Clonics seem to
have been cut down dramatically (I only get approx 1 per month now whereas
before the drug and the water it was 2-3 per month). I'm actually rather
pleased the way things worked out for me!
As we're all individuals though, always remember that because it worked
for me, it may not work for you!!
Sofie

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