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Ketogenic diet for epilepsy

… 2022.  7. Kossoff EH, Laux LC, Blackford R, et al. When do seizures usually improve with the ketogenic diet? Epilepsia … starting a keto diet, you should carry on taking your anti-seizure medications (meds) as normal. If the keto diet … work well in people with epilepsy that doesn’t respond to anti-seizure meds (drug-resistant epilepsy). The keto diet …

Understand my Epilepsy

… only one similarity, and that is everyone with epilepsy has seizures, but there are many different types of seizure and what happens to a person during a seizure can … for a few hours or even a few days.  Seizure triggers and anti-seizure medication side effects also play an important …

What is an 'Individual Healthcare Plan' and what are the benefits?

… medical conditions, such as epilepsy. It describes their seizures, how their condition is best managed, and the … it has on their learning and behaviour, including any anti-seizure medication side effects. A clear emergency … difficult to know whether such changes are due to seizures, anti-seizure medication or ongoing brain activity. They may …

Sturge-Weber syndrome 

… syndrome will develop epilepsy. They may start having seizures, which can vary from child to child but often occur … seizures.     … For children with Sturge-Weber syndrome, anti-seizure medications are usually the first line of … child will not necessarily work well for someone else.   If anti-seizure medications do not work well, epilepsy …

Hear Her Voice 2026

… when her son Tommy was recently diagnosed, the first seizures and the impact on her family.  Ellie was also … Elina , opened up about diagnosed at 8 and how hiding her anti-seizure meds became a way of trying to fit in with her … on by her seizures and the lack of information around anti-seizure medications for those living with addiction …

Epilepsy, ADHD and DCD (dyspraxia)

… with epilepsy have ADHD include:  the side effects of anti-seizure medications, including inattention (being easily … for their ADHD. This is because some of the side effects of anti-seizure medications used for epilepsy, such as …

Sleep

Information about how sleep is affected in pupils with epilepsy

Individual Healthcare Plans

… A good seizure description can help everyone to recognise what … difficult to know whether such changes are due to seizures, anti-seizure medication or ongoing brain activity. They may … it has on their learning and behaviour , including any anti-seizure medication side effects . A clear emergency …

Rasmussen encephalitis

… cause nerve cells to stop working well, which can lead to seizures.  In the beginning, seizures may not happen very … with Rasmussen encephalitis may have  the side effects of anti-seizure medications  a combination of all of these.   … Treatment for Rasmussen encephalitis usually includes:  Anti-seizure medications to reduce and manage seizures.  …

Can I drink with epilepsy?

… change that, and what your limits are.  Your meds, or your seizures, might mean that your epilepsy health team … or stop the drugs from working. The same applies to your anti-seizure medications (ASMs). The best thing you can do … down functions in the brain if it’s consumed in large quantities and can affect memory. This is dangerous at the …