Virago wrote:
"When I attempt to go to sleep, bursts of adrenalin, myoclonic spasms and heart palpitations begin [like clockwork] and this can last a couple of hours.
Then we have the 'malaise' stage - feeling generally very unwell, dizzy and dreading what comes next.
I get flashes of white light and body temperature drops to a deathly chill. All perception goes haywire and it feels like I am slipping into a coma. (The urge to resist this only prolongs the hell)."


This is exactly what I have been experiencing when I have to take my afternoon nap and during nights. It feels like electric shocks are shooting through my brain or like like bursts of lightening.

I found this has been greatly reduced by supplementing magnesium carbonate, a touch of taurine and a little vitamin E. I also have found that calcium even in the tiniest amount from any calcium rich food such as milk products make these seizures return. Salt/sodium is even worse. I have had to stop all ready made food products as these are loaded with table salt. Luckily I can tolerate very small amounts of real sea salt from the health food store. Perhaps this is because this type hasn't been stripped of all the other important minerals which counteract sodium. MSG which can be found in almost all ready made food is a huge seizure trigger for me too. Lastly, gluten grains is a big no-no. Gluten has the same effect as MSG in sensitive people. I have been diagnosed with panick attacks, but strangely enough they have gone away from doing the above.

I have no doubt heavy metals are the cause for this oversensitiviness.

PS. I know that vitamin E, taurine and GABA are highly recommended amongst the epileptic alternative community. They are used amongst those trying to stop seizure meds, or who haven't found a med. which works.