Re: books/reading material on epilepsy

May 15, 2006

,

The ketogenic diet is started in the hospital with medical supervision and

testing.

There is also a program, Atkins 4 Seizures. This is the website and there is

also a group on . There has been a study going on and I don't know if it

is still in progress but Dr. Kossoff from s Hopkins is in charge of it so

you could contact him if you are interested. atkins4seizures is the group at

.

If you don't have medical insurance this might be another option.

Hallie (Grandma to Tanner, age 6, ketogenic diet)

[ ] books/reading material on epilepsy

Hi my name is . My husband has epilepsy and has been diagnosed

for approximately 6 years. He was in an accident and hid m his head.

They luckily cannot find permanent damage, but he know suffers for

grand mal seizures. He has been taking tegretol and up until recently

it has been helping. He usely only has a seizure every few months.

He usually knows when the seizures are coming, but 2 weeks ago he had

one while driving and hit a telephone pole and a house. He had no

warning sign this time - it was a reality check. The past few days he

has been having things that are like small seizures - these usually

lead to the big one, but haven't. Anyway, I decided I needed to do

some research on my own and see what we could do at home to help

arrest this disease. It is hard because he doesn't have medical

insurance so all the visits to the doc are expensive. Does anyone have

a website or book that would be of help? Also, I keep seeing info on

the ketogenic diet. I know it is for children, but I read they are

starting one for adults. Does anyone have any info on this. thank you

for your time

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