Tracy, I have suffered from seizure-like attacks. They would start when going into sleep and whilst waking up again. I have some kind of inflammation of the brain which I suspect is caused by either the herpes virus or/and heavy metals such as aluminum and mercury. I did a lot of research on alternative methods amongst epileptics and found that the amino acid Taurine worked well. I tried this and it really calms my nervous system. When I take it my brain doesn't feel out of control such as firing ten thoughts at once every second. I am using Solgar Taurine, open up the capsule and divide it into three times a day.
I have also started an anti-inflammatory diet as both metals and viruses can cause brain inflammation. I always get worse when I eat nuts, meat, wheat, oats, oils/fats especially eggs, as all of these turn into to archanic acid which is a inflammation promoting substance. Even fish oil can turn bad in a body and brain plagued with inflammation. The only safe oil is olive oil. So for now this will have to do for me. Needless to say I take a bit Lysine to fight the reproduction of the herpes virus.
I also take a supplement called Lyprinol as this blunts archanic acid and gives me some relief from the brain inflammation feeling
http://www.lyprinol.com/home.htmAnyway, I thought I'd give taurine and Lyprinol a mention as they are the only two things which has given me some relief. Everything else seems to make my situation worse and unfortunately I have spent large amounts of money on different treatments and supplements.
Taken from the internett:
TAURINE AND EPILEPSY,
-- a personal note
by
Zoe L. Langley
I'd come across references to the amino acid taurine, being useful in treating seizures in several books on epilepsy, though I had never met anyone who used it. A little more than a year ago I came across an article by a woman who had very good results stopping her convulsions using taurine. After reading her account I began a search for information about it and how it may affect seizures.
What I found is taurine is highly concentrated in the tissues of the brain, liver, and eyes. Insufficient quantities of taurine impedes liver function and, in cats, leads to blindness. Its role in seizures is that taurine acts to stabilize cell walls so the neurons can fire off normally. Seizures result from random firing of nerve cells. Taurine used in quantity to treat epilepsy has only one known side effect, peptic ulcers, which clear up when taurine is discontinued.
My small partial seizure I still did not have under control last year, and sometimes had several a day. The symptoms ranged from panic, to sensations of foul odors, visual disturbances, memory loss, and sickness in my gut. After reading what information was available, I began taking taurine in June. About a month later my mental state and perceptions had stabilized considerably. In August my long- standing digestive distress was easing and the frequency of seizures was much less.
By September, my seizures with the bizarre perceptual distortions had all but ceased and I was able to get my first driver's license in fifteen years. Most often taurine is used as an adjunct to medication, not a replacement in treating seizures. I found few epilepsy groups on the web are aware of how effective taurine supplementation can be or have much information about it. On the epilepsy bulletin boards I found a few others who use it, though they had little information to share. A fair amount of study on its function and usefulness has been going on for years.
