your opinion please? (seizures / vitamin A)

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Last weekend, we used high dose vitamin A protocol on my daughter. She's never had MMR and shows not immune on those titers, but she shows " positive " on Varicella, and has never had chicken pox or the varicella vaccine.

The DAN suggested the high dose A. He said that he thinks it helps all sorts of things, not just measles.We noticed nothing significant from the high dose vitamin A. My daughter did get one whitehead in the middle of her forehead. She has never broken out before in her life, so I definitely link it to the vit A. I would characterize it as a " poc. "

My son had a couple or three absence seizures this week. He has maybe had a few before. In 4.5 years of age, he has had 6 episodes of " real " seizures (grand mal type), all low grade fevers (99-101 degrees) The last seizure he had was in Dec, it was a cluster. The previous seizure he had before this cluster (that wasn't an absence one) was two in two days. These things are always related to a head " cold " it seems.

I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out what set off the absence seizures, food, supplement, etc.Do you think kicking up the virus in my daughter could have caused issues with him? He also has varicella titers that show " positive " and has also never had varicella vaccine.

Secondly, I don't know what/where to go now. We had a neuro appt today and she is still pressing for meds. She is using some scare tactics, ie mentioning irretractable seizure, brain damage and death.I have been investigating NIDS for a bit. Been trying to get all the NIDS suggested labs.

I feel like it was Kismet watching House tonight and seeing the guy on there having seizures due to varicella. I was glad to see it so my husband could see that this is not un-heard of.... even if it IS House. LOL

I just don't know what drugs are scarier, the anti-virals or the seizure meds?PS Of interest, the poc my daughter has looks identical to the EXTREME " baby acne " my son was born with (thousands of whiteheads). I always considered his " baby acne " was something more than " mommy's hormones. " I wish I knew whether I was around someone whose child had varicella or chicken pox while I was pregnant. :-(

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