Hi Jnanda
I think everyone out there after taking the meds for epilepsy for a given # of years get a certain immunity to
them. Even herbs and aspirins after you have taken them for a long time your body says 'hey I need more'. I
do - mind you I have never bothered to get tested but have all the symptoms when taken. I can not take any
type of antibiotic, so the dr is stuck when he feels I should have one. This is why I take other supplements
on the side. Supplements are just food and our brain needs food. I too am allergic to dust, spring pollen
and also certain types of perfume, believe it or not the fake kind not the real stuff. For me it is my
sinuses, and all I do is make sure I fill the sink up with boiling hot water and put a towel over my head and
soak in the hot water with deep breathing for a bit. This may take several times to do but usually does the
trick.
Is it the chemical on the outside maybe of the med that you are allergic to - does it hit you right away. I
am allergic to several foods too. Get a strange reaction and start sneezing so hard it feels like my gut is
about to pop out. I have to run to safety just in case I get sick. Then my nose feels so huge I need a nose
job :))smile:)) makes it hard to breath and ends up with a headache.
Oh gee didn't realize how late it was .......must get to bed.....yeiks. Will be sleep in time tomorrow for
me.
jh
Julie Hope
epilepsyhealth@
http://www.2betrhea
----- Original Message -----
From: "jnanda" <jnanda@peak.
To: <epilepsy@yahoogroup
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:46 AM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Taking more than one medication
In the past, when I could take medication and did take it - my doctors had the tendency to add one drug after
another until I was on many things at once.
I was often on seven meds at the same time, and once when really sick with multiple issues, I had a grand
total of thirteen medications.
Now I am allergic to any type of drug or synthetic chemical to the point of risking fatal reactions to
anything, so I haven't been able to take drugs for about thirteen years for anything.
What I have been told by my doctor is that my liver and immune system just couldn't take years of all these
medications, or process them. And now the allergies are so severe that I am afraid to ever end up in the
hospital or an emergency situation where something might be given to me. I'm also allergic to corn now, which
is in every medication and iv meds too.
I don't think all doctors think of the long term affect of these drugs. They are chemicals, and strong
substances that our bodies have to deal with.
I am finding relief and help with herbal medicine especially and at least for me I don't have the side effects
with them. It's taken years of study to figure out how best to treat everything without using drugs and
turning to alternatives, but I am managing it.
I think obviously, that the least amount of medication one can use........the better.
Love,
jnanda
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