- Epilepsy Minipage -

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• Generalised tonic clonic (grand mal) seizures: typical reactions -
  falling, stiffening, shaking & tired afterwards.
• Simple partial seizures: affect a specific part of the brain & body
  so may not lose consciousness.
• Complex partial (temporal lobe) seizures:
  loses consciousness but still may function automatically in some way.
• Absence (petite mal) seizures: typically brief loss of consciousness in kids,
  mistaken as daydreaming.
• One quarter of Autistics develop seizures by early adulthood.
  Sometimes these seizures are noticeable, but for many, they are small, subclinical seizures, and are typically not detected by simple observation. Such signs include: Exhibiting behaviour problems, such as aggression, self-injury & severe tantruming; Losing some behavioural or cognitive gains. Epilepsy that starts with puberty is often cured by adding natural progesterone during the last week or two of the month. Artificial progesterone may cause yeast problems.
  
• My son has been on anticonvulsants since he was diagnosed autistic at 2. My wife noted that after 3 weeks on Tegratol he started understanding some language, where before he had a complete blank. He is now on Valproate, trade name 'Depakote' sprinkles. We just saw him blanking out for 10-30 secs or so. This stopped with anticonvulsants. As he grew, the 'staring spells' would return, we would increase his dose - R
• I trial-ed Evening Primrose Oil but it made my sons mood-swing worse. I then read that E.P.O. should not be given to anyone suspected of having Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, as it can induce seizure activity. It doesnt cause or trigger off the development of epilepsy, but can aggravate it if it's already there. - D