Epilepsy and losing weight

e_curran15

Hi my name is erica. I have epilepsy and had to increase my meds. It'd been 6 months and I am still tired all the time and I know it's because of the meds. I have no ambition and just want to nap when I get home. I am so unhappy with how I look and feel yet I get so frustrated that im just like screw it. I'll just be fat. Does anyone else feel the same way.

cggarrod

Have you looked into the Modified Atkins or ketogenic diet - see

http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/dietary-therapies/ketogenic-diet

and

http://m.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/centers_clinics/epilepsy/treatment/dietary_therapy.html#

I was diagnosed with refractory epilepsy just a year and a bit ago which I am still struggling with using a combination of different meds - and am gradually trying to taper off those meds - but I think this diet has certainly helped me both feel better, reduce my seizures (I believe), and helped me keep my weight maintained, despite the fact that the meds mean that I am also too tired to exercise and do 5k jogs like I used to, etc. I have been getting help from Johns Hopkins, btw.

The diet isn't easy to start out with - and you should consult your doctor before doing it, I suppose - but you eventually get used to it. I actually enjoy it, simply because I know it is helping.

Best of luck