: Episode 1357 – Jennifer joins Vinnie for this Saturday listener show, and the two discuss her struggle with seizures, treating epilepsy with a ketogenic diet when no other medication worked, her weight loss along the way, resistant doctors and more.
TREATING EPILEPSY
- Jennifer is in her 40s
- Has an awesome boyfriend who Vinnie gets along with
- Lives in Seattle, WA
- Jennifer’s handle on Twitter was SeizureSalad
- Caught Vinnie’s attention
- She’s had seizures since she was 12
- Partial complex absence seizures
- Didn’t realize they were seizures, didn’t connect it with epilepsy
- Diagnosed with epilepsy at 20
- Prior to then, had no pharmaceutical help
- Her brother developed bad epilepsy in his 20s
- For her brother and her mom, medication controls them
- She had seizures in clusters
- Affected her memory
- Couldn’t remember what she looked like, where she was, etc.
- Passes after a few minutes
- Reacts violently during the seizures to anyone touching her
- Medicine did not work for her epilepsy
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- Her hormones did not help her case
- Developed uterine cancer and realized she had endometriosis
- Medicines actually affected her badly
- On one medication, her co-workers thought she was having a stroke
- Â Started a ketogenic diet to treat it instead
- Was sick of being a guinea pig with new medications, etc.
- Found the Charlie Foundation (featured in the Fat Doc)
- Her doctor did not recommend it but she knew she had to try
- Began with a two day fast
- Within the first couple of months, she had no seizures or auras
- After 6 months, she had not had any seizures
- First time in her life
- Also lost weight, her insomnia faded, etc.
- She came off of her medication during this time
- Jennifer has also lost 140 lbs!
- Got up to 287 at one point
- She is a totally different person – health wise, and psychologically
