Epilepsy Talk
Epilepsy fighting foods…
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They say: “You are what you eat.” Not necessarily.
Here are some suggestions for sensible eating and supplementing your diet.
Of course everyone is different — with different needs — and on different meds.
But there are some rules that hold true…
Why your pharmacist is your best friend…
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Your pharmacist is the least expensive and most accessible health resource you have.
They fill prescriptions and provide expert information about medications — a very important role, considering the prominent use of seizure medications to treat epilepsy.
You can see the pharmacist anytime you want, without an appointment, and all consultations are free.
In medicine, that’s extraordinary.
The REAL crooks who are stealing your medication money…
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Their gain is our loss. In a big way.
Welcome to the world of pharmaceutical benefit managers.
Tags: Cigna, CVS Health, high drug prices, loss, middle men, pharmaceutical benefit manager, profit, UnitedHealth
Boost your brain power…banish brain fog…with creatine!
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Even though we have natural creatine, supplementation can dramatically increase our levels by 50-fold or higher.
Here’s how it works:
Tags: banish brain fog, creatine, enhanced energy, fight cognitive fatigue, helps remove stress, improved memory
Can PTSD Cause Brain Fog?
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The effects of trauma can linger.
If you sometimes lack mental clarity and feel fatigued, you may be experiencing PTSD-related brain fog.
Déjà Vu or Prescience?
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Think of it as knowing something from the past…or feeling a premonition of the future.
Those who have experienced the déjà vu feeling, describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity, with something that shouldn’t be familiar at all.
Those who experience prescience, feel they have the ability to see into the future in some way.
Tags: aura, deja vu, future, ictal, past, prescience, temporal lobe epilepsy
How Creative Are YOU?
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I was born a writer. Just like I was born with brown eyes.
In 5th grade when we were assigned to write a poem with an illustration, everyone wrote about the spring, flowers, stars, the city, the country.
I wrote about racism. My illustration was a black silhouette pasted against white paper.
My teacher promptly sent me home with a note for my parents, accusing me of plagiarism.
Dilantin – Hero or Horror?
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Since it first came out, Dilantin has always had its fans and its detractors.
Who can forget Jack Nicholson’s out-of-control behavior as the “crazy” in Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”!
But some committed themselves to championing Dilantin for anxiety control and mood stabilization…
Tags: Brain Atrophy, Dilantin, Gingivitis, Jack Dreyfus, Neuropathy, Richard Nixon, seizures, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Ode to a doctor’s visit.
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We see them for four 30 minute visits or 2 hours in that year while we’re struggling…
They forget that we live 365 days or 8,760 hours a year with our illness…
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