In our culture, treatment of
medical conditions is based on carefully recorded
results in fairly large groups of people. If a treatment
is effective for many people under controlled circumstances,
it can be expected to work for others. Folk medicines,
herbs, megavitamin therapy and other non-traditional
practices are usually not subjected to this kind of
evaluation, so there is no scientific proof that they
are likely to work or to be worth the money and personal
commitment required.
Nevertheless, certain individuals
say they feel better, or have fewer seizures, when
they use these remedies. If the treating physician
has no objection, and these therapies do not contain
harmful substances or involve any dangerous practices,
are affordable and if regular medication is continued,
there is no reason to discontinue them if they seem
beneficial.
Sometimes, a physician may prescribe
a non-traditional supplemental therapy when a patient
has developed a seizure-related metabolic disorder.
Stopping standard medication or a prescribed diet
in favor of an unproved remedy, however, presents
definite risks and is not advisable.
Holistic medicine is a treatment
philosophy whereby the health and well being of
the whole person is considered. In this way it does
not differ from the standard treatment of epilepsy,
which at its best also considers the well being
of the entire individual. Living a healthy, active
life is good medicine for epilepsy - but always
in addition to prescribed antiepileptic medication,
not instead of it. If a person has a true diagnosis
of epilepsy, there is no substitute for currently
approved antiepileptic therapy, except in cases
where the medicines cannot be tolerated or another
medical therapy, such as the ketogenic diet, has
been prescribed.
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