I have a friend who was driving over to get his tires rotated on his car Dec, 7 2012. He started getting the Mother of all Headaches and it was as if the shades were being pulled down. He had a seizure luckily he was going at idle speed. The MRI and CT Scan revealed that he had Hydrocephlus and an Arachnoid Cyst. By the way one PA decribed it. The cyst is at the back of the brain. The doctors put him on 750 mg of Keppra twice a day. He did not like the side effects so eventually they weaned him off. He was off Keppra then on April 21, 2013 he had another seizure at church. So they put him on 1000 mg of Keppra twice a day. This seemed to help but on August 4th. He had another seizure so they put him on 1500 mg of Keppra twice a day. He switched neurologists to one who specializes in Epilipsy. This friend is taking 100 mg of Lamotergine twice a day and 500 mg of Keppra twice a day. So far knock on wood he is doing well. Also he did a comparison between the three seizures and he did have Caffiene, with all three seizures, With the first two he had stress and also was putting artificial sugar in his coffee. Since then he has cut down on the caffiene, quit the artificial sweetners, and make sure he drinks more water.
He has been cutting down on the processed foods he eats. Other then that is there a diet he can go on ? Are there certain foods we need to avoid
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I have a friend who was driving over to get his tires rotated on his car Dec, 7 2012. He started getting the Mother of all Headaches and it was as if the shades were being pulled down. He had a seizure luckily he was going at idle speed. The MRI and CT Scan revealed that he had Hydrocephlus and an Arachnoid Cyst. By the way one PA decribed it. The cyst is at the back of the brain. The doctors put him on 750 mg of Keppra twice a day. He did not like the side effects so eventually they weaned him off. He was off Keppra then on April 21, 2013 he had another seizure at church. So they put him on 1000 mg of Keppra twice a day. This seemed to help but on August 4th. He had another seizure so they put him on 1500 mg of Keppra twice a day. He switched neurologists to one who specializes in Epilipsy. This friend is taking 100 mg of Lamotergine twice a day and 500 mg of Keppra twice a day. So far knock on wood he is doing well. Also he did a comparison between the three seizures and he did have Caffiene, with all three seizures, With the first two he had stress and also was putting artificial sugar in his coffee. Since then he has cut down on the caffiene, quit the artificial sweetners, and make sure he drinks more water.
February 10, 2014 - 8:35amHe has been cutting down on the processed foods he eats. Other then that is there a diet he can go on ? Are there certain foods we need to avoid
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