Seizures and Epilepsy

Apr 29, 2017
4 min read

Epilepsy is kind of a vague, general term for uncontrollable muscle seizures.

Seizure: Uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain, which may produce a physical convulsion, minor physical signs, thought disturbances, or a combination of symptoms. 1

I am aware of scores of people who have made complete recoveries, without re-occurrence, when only the B vitamins, and Calcium/ magnesium are added to the diet.

Symptoms were as simple as tics, twitches, nervousness, irritability, insomnia, or as complex as shaking of the hands so badly that they could not put food in their mouths. Other symptoms can include the rolling of their eyes back in their head showing only the whites, and full blown convulsions such as the grand mal.2

Social drinkers will often have these traits because alcohol washes away the water soluble B-vitamins quickly, and if they get sick with vomiting/ diarrhea, this makes it worse. This is why overnight jail cells will often give a shot of a Vitamin B Complex to disorderly drunks, to help chase away the pink elephants.

The anti-biotic streptomycin will also destroy the B-vitamins, so if this was part of your diet recently, that could explain alot. Usually it is a diet high in processed foods also lack the B’s, and can bring about this condition over time. There was a time years ago that baby formula didn’t contain enough of the B-vitamins, and there was an outbreak of infant epilepsy causing doctors to get involved on a larger scale. It wasn’t long before they found that by giving an appropriate dose of all the B-vitamins stopped these fits, such that they never returned to the child’s life, even as an adult.

There are so many studies that on both animals and people, that prove by adding a quality B-complex supplement to the diet, in particular Vitamin B5; pantothenic acid, along with some calcium/ magnesium, seizures of all kinds can be stopped almost immediately. While the B-vitamins will be the main course of action to stop seizures in most people, more severe cases will also need a supplement of calcium and magnesium along with it.

Nephritis causes magnesium to be lost in the urine and can bring on seizures, but is quickly reversed when magnesium is given. Studies show that some babies who have had diarrhea have lost so much magnesium that they developed hand and foot spasms, rigidity in the back and neck, and multiple tremors which over got worse when water was given to overcome the dehydration. More water simply diluted their magnesium levels even more. However, when these same babies were given a supply of just magnesium, the symptoms all stopped within hours. 3

Magnesium should always be taken along with calcium, in a ratio of 2:1, meaning there should be about 2 parts calcium to one part magnesium. A quality brand of supplements will automatically sell them this way so there should not be any problems finding it. I would suggest staying away from calcium supplements that contain zinc, because zinc is a metal that can build up in the body, and cause other issues such as rashes. They are not dangerous, but you will have to stop take it for a few days to stop the rash.

The reason that Calcium needs Magnesium, is that magnesium will allow calcium to be deposited into the bones. Without the magnesium, calcium can be left floating around in the bloodstream causing deposits. I know that the current teaching is contrary to this, but the fact remains that without magnesium, calcium does not get completely deposited, and it has to go somewhere.Calcium and magnesium also work together help balance out the stools. Too much calcium can make someone constipated, and too much magnesium can cause diarrhea, but together, the body will balance this out, increase bladder control and decrease incontinence.

These supplements will not contraindicate the use of any prescription drugs because they are naturally occurring substances that we already have working in our bodies. Seizures are just a symptom indicating that we just don’t have enough. We cannot take too much of these supplements as any excess B-vitamins are lost in the urine, and excess calcium and magnesium are deposited in the bones.

IN SUMMARY

B-COMPLEX VITAMIN Add a quality brand of a B-Complex supplement, such as GNC
VITAMIN WATERS - Start drinking Vitamin Water, Propel Water, or add an Emergen-C vitamin supplement to water each day. It doesn’t take much, at least 1 each day will go a long way. More won’t hurt-
CALCIUM/ MAGNESIUM SUPPLEMENT Add a Calcium- Magnesium supplement, up to 2 grams of Calcium a day is safe, and more won’t hurt. Just be sure the ratioi is 2:1; 2 parts calcium with 1 part magnesium. GNC sells this ratio at an affordable price.
FOOD Foods like bananas, cottage cheese and eggs are full of these nutrients, and several more, making them great things to eat in order to restore bad health, and build a strong body. It doesn't take much, and you wont have to change your whole diet. Good heath is not so much about what to remove from your diet, its much more about what to add to it, so that your body will have what it needs to heal itself.