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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 11
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 11
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your concern is not at all uncommon. You will read many posts from people having problems with their docs or still on many meds even though seizures are not controlled. What kind of doc are you seeing? Is he/she a neurologist or an Epileptologist? It makes a huge difference as all here know who see Epis. If one says neuro, to me that tells me they mean general neurologist adn new comers think that too not knowing there is another specialist with more advanced training in Epilepsy with more treatment options available. I finally learned of this advanced specialist and went to one after 30 years of seizures. I now have not lost consciousness since 1998 when I had surgery. My life has totally changed for the better! Had one general neurologist thought about me, the patient, instead of his practice and ego, he may have referred me to the Epileptologist many years sooner which would have changed my life in a big way. I encourage you to seek out a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center with Board certified Epileptologists on staff. Your PCP can refer you. You tell him to do this if he is hesitant. You are his patient, and he will get a report of each visit if he does the referral. Medical Centers associated with Universities usually have a Comprehensive Center. I started adding peanuts to my morning diet since there was a possibility that natural progestrone was made from the peanut plant and since progesterone raises tha seizure threshold. In care you didn't know. Estrogen lowers the threshold making us more vulnerable to having seizures. I too take a Multivitamin with all the B vitamins; Selenium; Zinc; and Magnesium, daily and have for several years. Sue is right about the too many meds. More is not necessarily better by a long shot. I hope you do check into a comprehensive Cener and get the care you need and deserve. Tattoo
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