{"id":3999,"date":"2013-04-03T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=3999"},"modified":"2013-04-03T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T15:28:42","slug":"cure-for-epilepsy-using-b-complex-vitamins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=3999","title":{"rendered":"Cure for Epilepsy Using B-Complex Vitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testimonial:<br \/>\n\tCure for Epilepsy Using B Complex Vitamins<\/strong><br \/>\n\tby Arnold Gore<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOver 21 years ago, in June 1978, I started taking a large dose of the B-Complex vitamins. The dosage was 20 mg. B1, B2 etc.; B 12 20 mcg and folic acid at 400 mcg. I immediately felt more energetic and alive. I had gran mal epilepsy for the prior 25 years, since I had entered puberty at age 13. In those days 20 mg was probably a megadose, I&#39;m not sure, today I take 50 mg. because its more commonly available. I had been taking anticonvulsant medication trade name Mebroin including Phenobarbital and a smaller amount of Dilantin. I was able to wean my way off the anticonvulsant medication in July of 1978. I have not taken any medication since, and have become a new person.<\/p>\n<p>\tIt was a difficult decision to stop the medication and every case is different, but I feel it is important that other people are made aware of my experience. In my case I was somewhat fortunate. I also had severe acne at the time and had gone to see a leading dermatologist affiliated with a top teaching hospital in New York City about 4 years earlier. He looked at my left foot, between the third and next to smallest toe, where I had an annoying itchy &quot;athlete&#39;s foot&quot; and said that by looking at my foot he could tell that my skin would be all broken out on my face and my back. He said I had Tuberous Sclerosis a disease which was responsible for both the epilepsy and the bad skin I had. He said that the two conditions had to be treated separately even though they were linked together. He described it as a rare hereditary disease. He said the Epilepsy had to be treated with anticonvulsant medication and the acne could be treated with antibiotics. I was on this conventional treatment until 1978, when they took my anticonvulsant drug off the market. I was switched to a larger dosage of Dilantin, then the standard anticonvulsant remedy, which didn&#39;t agree with me. I began to lose weight at a dangerous clip. My doctors were worried and the tests said I had high cholesterol. The doctor seemed to focus on food intake. I began to think it was time to read fully that book &quot;Let&#39;s Eat Right to Keep Fit&quot; by Adelle Davis, that had been given to me by a friend who didn&#39;t like the idea that I was taking so much medication. I knew she had something to say about nutrition, but I never thought it was that important.<\/p>\n<p>\tSince at first in 1974, I didn&#39;t want to have to read the whole book, I had looked up epilepsy and the citation directed me to a page that indicated B6 and Magnesium sometimes helped. Well it didn&#39;t. I figured I was special and it wouldn&#39;t work for me.<\/p>\n<p>\tFour years later, when I read the whole book, she said that individual members of the B Complex do not usually work in isolation from the other members of the Complex!!<\/p>\n<p>\tI went to the Health Food Store and bought a bottle of the B Complex, I immediately felt a surge of energy, but I was worried thinking maybe it was a placebo effect. Within one week my &quot;athlete&#39;s foot&quot; condition began to clear up. I recalled what that top dermatologist said, these conditions were really linked together. Now the &#39;marker&#39; for the underlying disease tuberous sclerosis was disappearing. I was definitely doing something right. The Diagnostic capabilities of modern high technology medicine are excellent. It&#39;s just that they are not as good when it comes to treatments.<\/p>\n<p>\tI had the advantage of seeing my progress confirmed by medical\/scientific authority. You may not be as fortunate. If you cannot get your doctor to closely monitor a trial with a more natural approach, try seeing a doctor who is a member of the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM).Their phone# is 800 532 3688, their website is: www.acam.org<\/p>\n<p>\tThey will provide a list of doctors in your geographical area who might be open to helping you use a more natural approach, including possible withdrawal from prescription medications.<\/p>\n<p>\tSince originally writing this account I have come to realize that I simultaneously changed my diet to include many healthy foods that were high in the B Complex vitamins, such as whole wheat bread, wheat germ, brown rice, liver (this was before I became a vegetarian) and brewers yeast. In truth I cannot be sure which worked the B vitamins in a vtamin tablet or the food. From what I read now it may have been the food. Regardless of what we have become used to it is reasonable to say that &quot;good health will never come out of a bottle&quot; you have to do everything. I hope my story is helpful to some of you who are looking for a more natural way of treating your condition. It changed my life and if I can inspire others who are only helped one tenth as much as I have been it will help partially repay the friend who first interested me in the nutritional aspects of health by giving me that book by Adelle Davis.<\/p>\n<p>\tIf anyone wants to contact me I would be glad to offer any support I can.<\/p>\n<p>\tSincerely,<\/p>\n<p>\tArnold Gore<br \/>\n\tConsumers Health Freedom Coalition<br \/>\n\tTel. (212) 795 6460<br \/>\n\tE mail:arnoldgore@aol.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< Testimonial: Cure for Epilepsy Using B Complex Vitamins by Arnold Gore Over 21 years ago, in June 1978, I started taking a large dose of the B-Complex vitamins. The dosage was 20 mg. 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