Ketogenic diet seizure control
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Nathan was started on a diet for Seizure control...Ketogenic Diet. He had his last grand mal seizure the 3 day on the diet. His muscle and drop seizures ended 2 months later completely, but we noticed they were less harsh with each one he had til they just stopped." - excerpt from KetoGenic Diet for Seizures.
Meds are really the only way to reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures, though some people have seizure triggers (flashing light, for instance) and so avoiding triggers is important for them. The ketogenic diet (an extremely low carb diet, only to be undertaken with physician approval and supervision) can help some people with seizures, but is typically tried only after several different meds have failed to provide relief.
just checked what a ketogenic diet is, this type of diet is extremely unhealthy and damages livers of any person hbver or not
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet:
high fat damages the liver
adequate-protein is ok but from vegetable or little white meat, no red meat, no diaries
low-carbohydrate leads nowhere, it is processed and refined carbohydrates to increase blood glucose which makes damage, so the problems is refined cereals not not carbohydrates
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We ended up with the last resort being the ketogenic diet. After the diet she was put on Depakote for maintenance....its proven to be the most effective drug for her.
Her known triggers for her myoclonics that cluster are fore most illness, followed closely by stressed and also flashing lights.
Anyways...my daughter is 18, but functions near a 2-3 year old level. She is semi verbal, a lot of swearing, always seems mad/mean.
My kid was diagnose as Benign Rolaindic Epilepsy at age of 6 when he had one seizure before went to sleep. He did EEG test only and the doctor made the conclusion.
5 years after, which is last month, when we were having supper, he had one seizure again.It last about one minute. This time, the emergency asked MRI to be performed. He did regualr MRI and the contrast one.
I actually talked to the MRI doctor when I was called to do the contrast test. I was terrified and cried.
My sister is having seizure like attacks, her whole upper body tenses and disfigures in painful stiffness, the last one reached her legs and feet, while the attack was in progress she also felt cold trickles down her cheeks. These seizures like attacks last an hour or more and she does not lose conscientious and can comprehend all that is happening to her. Neurosurgeon found a small tumor, 7mm between the brain lining and skull bone and assures her that this is not causing the attacks.
She is on a ketogenic diet to help with the Lyme, so she gets low carbs, no sugar or processed foods, no dyed foods, no grains.
I have called her pediatrician and scheduled an appointment to evaluate her, but thought I would ask here as well, because it'll be two weeks before they can see her.
Thoughts, insights? Anything specific ringing a belly that I should look deeper into? Is there a connection to children's emotions and lyme, or is this two separate issues?
My child has had a g-tube for 6 years because of the ketogenic diet in which she is coming off now, she eats everything, no problem with swallowing, she drinks a whole can of pop at times but how do I get her to drink her whole fluid alotment of 1500ml a day? Or will she pick it up once I can offer her a variety of drinks?
key words will be low-carb, and keto. If you do look into ketogenic diet, do not use it as an excuse to eat too much fat; if you want to lose weight fat has to be limited to fats that come naturally with the foods that you eat, rather than lots of extra fats being added.
There are now many cases where this has happened (you can look up Virta Health a company that tries to guide patients to do this), and there are also many online supportive communities.
Sorry about your son. There is a movie you might want to watch concerning epilepsy. The movie is "First Do No Harm". It is a true story concerning the use of the Ketogenic Diet with good results in treating epilepsy in children. Sure wish you the best with your son.
in the early days with her each new drug we tried only brought out a different type of seizure. Eventually I found the ketogenic diet ( was not offered to me as a choice ) i insisted they let me have that chance. That was our answer at the time...it broke the mess with the many different types of seizures she was having. She was put on Depakote only for maintenance with the diet ( after being weaned from 5 different drugs) depakote held her steady for many years.
May I suggest you do some research on the Ketogenic Diet. It is a huge lifestyle change, but is totally worth it. Ketogenic lifestyle requires that you cut out almost all carbs. You eat less than 20g of carbs a day, moderate amount of protein 50-100g/day (60-75 is ideal for most people), and 100-150g fat/day. It is a high fat diet that switches your body from using carbs for energy to using fat for energy.
Hi,
Your blood sugars are still very high.
Maximum daily dose of metformin is 2650 mg, I understand. So you are well below this still.
Suggest you take efforts to further reduce your blood sugars.
normal fasting should be in the range of about 4.4 - 5.2.
2 hours post eating should be less than 7.7 and ideally less than 6.6 (or close to fasting levels).
Low carb diet may help greatly with reducing post eating blood sugars (look into low carb / ketogenic / paleo-style).
I started a ketogenic diet on Saturday and the last few days I've been feeling gassy and have slight "cramps", around the belly button area. Why is that?
There is recent research about ketogenic diet and nutritional ketosis being beneficial for management of heart failure and weight loss. You may want to look further into this.
Some cardiologists are beginning to support this approach, although some also follow the opposite approach of very low fat, low salt, etc....
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