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EPILEPSY - Signs And Triggers!
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| Epilepsy is abnormal cell firing in the
brain which can involve a part of the brain - or the entire brain.
You don't need to have the motor cortex involved (i.e., on the ground and
shaking) for a seizure to occur! If you think about it,
"abnormal cell firing" can occur anywhere in the brain! An epileptic
seizure can last from a 1 second to several minutes. Some
people have up to 250 seizures a day. Take
a look at what was captured - ON VIDEO - in terms of
what mercury does to
neurons! Then ask yourself if this might cause epilepsy!
Epilepsy first occurs most often in the very young
(50% of cases develop before age 10). Interestingly, the very
young, and the very old, are now the two age groups in which epilepsy is
most often occurring! "Just coincidence", again? For much more
on the "just coincidence" issue, see the Autism-Schizophrenia-Alzheimer's
Comparison, book 3 and/or my research file!
Epilepsy is known to occur in autism.
Although much of the literature seems to state that it is known to occur
in many with "puberty onset", I am very much of the opinion that parents
and/or doctors may not be aware of seizure activity in even very young
children because parents may not have recognized seizure activity for what
it truly is. As parents read through the signs of epilepsy
below, surely, most will come to recognize these things do occur in very
young children who are on the autism spectrum. Know the signs
- and learn to recognize them quickly.
Interestingly, vitamin B6 is the only dietary factor
that - when deficient - is known to cause or magnify seizures.
Autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes are all associated with low
levels of Vitamin B6.
Vitamin B6 is also known to be lowered by oral
contraceptives (i.e., "the pill). Research shows that up to
80% of women in the US may have taken oral contraceptives at some time in
their life!
Vitamin B6 is also tied to production of blood,
production of neurotransmitters (including epinephrine or adrenalin which
is used by the body to deal with stress, allergies, etc.), enzyme
functions, production of insulin, metal excretion, and much more!
For a whole lot more on these issues, see my Research
File.
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Signs of Epilepsy Can Include: |
| seizures |
| stiffening |
| jerking |
| tingling
sensation (starting in one location and spreading - i.e., thumb to entire
hand and/or arm) |
| loss of
consciousness |
| perceptual
disorders (alteration in sense of smell, taste, tough, sight, and/or
hearing) |
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hallucinations |
| purposeless
behavior |
| alteration
in sense of smell |
|
gastrointestinal distress |
| nausea |
| indigestion |
| rising or
sinking feeling in stomach |
| dreamy
feeling |
| unusual
taste |
| spitting |
| visual
disturbance |
| blank stares |
| blinking or
rolling of the eyes |
| picking at
things (i.e., clothing, skin, etc.) |
| aimless
wandering |
| lip-smacking
or chewing motions (at inappropriate times) |
| slight mouth
movements (at inappropriate times) |
|
unintelligible speech |
| mental
confusion or blackouts |
| appearance
of being intoxicated |
| loud cry |
| falling to
ground |
| muscle
spasms and/or tremors |
|
tongue-biting |
| incontinence
(loss of bladder/bowel control) |
| labored
breathing or respiratory distress |
| apnea |
| difficulty
talking |
| drowsiness |
| fatigue |
| headaches |
| sore muscles |
| weakness in
extremities |
| sudden anger
for no apparent reason |
| sudden fear
for no apparent reason |
| sweating |
| flush
appearance |
| pupil
dilation |
| convulsion
with or without fever |
| fainting |
| no response
to questions or instructions |
| fall for no
apparent reason |
| panic
attacks |
| aggression |
| irritability |
| perceptual
hallucination (visual, auditory, olfactory or gustatory) |
| deja vu
(feeling "I've already seen this") |
| jamais vu
(feeling "I've never seen this") |
| memory
gap/amnesia |
| sadness |
| pleasure |
| sexual
emotion |
| emotional
distress |
| change in
reality perception |
|
depersonalization |
| feeling of
other presence or heautoscopy |
| forced
thinking |
| distortion
of body image |
| numbness |
| sense of
movement |
| desire to
move |
| feeling hot
or cold |
| feeling of
an "electric shock" |
| phantom
sensation |
| sleep
disorders |
| nightmares
or night terrors |
| loss of
muscle tone |
| twitches
and/or tics |
| agitation |
| unusual
behavior |
| changed
hearing |
| smell
sensations |
| mood changes |
| crying or
laughter for no apparent reason |
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There may be more - I'll add them as
I find them! |
| Triggers
Of Epilepsy |
| drugs (street,
over-the-counter and prescription) |
| alcohol |
| certain motor frequencies |
| flashing lights |
| certain colors |
| vitamin B deficiency |
| lack of sleep |
| irregular sleep patterns |
| stress |
| flickering lights
(including sunlight, television, computer etc.) |
| fever |
| illness |
| hormone imbalance |
| certain anti-depressants |
| certain antihistamines |
| evening primrose oil |
| caffeine |
| missing meals |
| low blood sugar
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| allergies |
| severe change in
temperature |
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may be more - I'll add them as I find them! |
In up to 95% of cases, EPILEPSY is NOT "genetic" or
"inherited"!
I recommend all with an interest in epilepsy
also read a most fascinating article by Heinz Gregor Wieser called "Aura
Continua" - truly amazing and enlightening in what it reveals!
Note a most key comment in this article:
"Long-lasting autonomous, emotional, and psychic phenomena and personality, in
which the mesial temporal lobe (in particular the amygdala) and the insular and
frontal cortices are candidate areas for suspected discharges, pose a problem.
Discharges at such a localization are
difficult to detect in routine EEG... Prolonged
autonomical ictal features can mimic psychiatric, endocrine, cardiac, and
gastrointestinal disorders (Devinsky et al 1986)."
(source: Wieser, H.G., Aura Continua,
http://www.ilae-epilepsy.org/ctf/aura_continua.html, p. 12).
This means a "normal EEG"
would most likely NOT catch this epileptic activity!
Also, given seizure activity occurs in a
rather random fashion, that in itself would make it difficult to catch on an EEG
since "timing is everything" (i.e., if not having a seizure or epileptic
activity AT THE VERY TIME THE EEG IS DONE then obviously, there would be "lack
of confirmation of epileptic activity"). But, would that mean that
"lack of confirmation" on an EEG is equivalent to "lack of a problem" or of
"epileptic activity" - in my opinion, certainly not!
A simple brain structure and function overview
and a little on
the difference between the LEFT brain and the RIGHT brain are provided for
those who want to dig a little deeper into the implications of this. You
will also find much more on these issues in
Book 3 and my
Research File - both posted in full - for free - on this website (can also
be accessed from main web page).
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"Why Autism, Alzheimer's And Schizophrenia May
Be Epilepsy At Its Worse!"
Again... much more on this issue in my RESEARCH FILE (found
on Home Page)!
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