Some updates & observations
Patient and other members of the family admitted that Patient was dealing with orthostatic hypotension-like episodes several years back before Patient went on any psychiatric meds. Patient said thyroid...
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"Vitamin [B.sub.12] deficiency is thought to be a continuum with five stages.[9] These stages include: I, normality; II, negative vitamin [B.sub.12] balance; 111, vitamin [B.sub.12] depletion with...
View Articlevitamin B12 deficiency
We are curious if there could be an underly medical condition withdementia-like symptoms such as vitamin B12 deficiency.(Patient's symptoms appear in bold font below. Symptoms are eithercurrent or...
View ArticlePatient Update Nov 23, 2007
A full week before admittance to the Epilepsy center at Henry Ford hospital, the Patient decided to discontinue prescribed 150mg of Lamictal -- only taking half and stopped taking Zyprexa. After the...
View ArticleVitamin B3 Test results
Patient has received test results back from primary care doctor showing that patient is extremely deficient in vitamin B3 (Niacin). Since hearing the news, patient is back on Niacin supplements....
View Article"Histamine Metabolism"
Histamine MetabolismWhat is histamine and why is it so important? Carl Pfeiffer studied more than 20,000 people with schizophrenia and determined that 90% of them fell into three bio-chemical...
View ArticlePatient Update June 14 2008
One year on Lamictal. Patient was hospitalized for a week for an event that was classified as severe dehydration. The medication was not being managed by the family, but by the Patient. Upon release...
View ArticlePfeiffer Treatment Center, Warrenville, Illinois
The Pfeiffer Treatment Center was recommended by a reader. "The Pfeiffer Treatment Center is a not-for-profit medical research and treatment facility in Warrenville, Illinois specializing in research...
View ArticlePatient Update June 21 2008
Received report that Patient experienced 4 drop attacks a day after beginning DHEA, RALA and ZINC. Two of the drops occurred without the Patient's knowledge. In the preceeding year, drop attacks have...
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Since being released from the last hospital stay in early June, patient has been experiencing on-going physical problems that make it difficult to get out of bed or out of a chair without assistance....
View ArticlePatient Overview
A recap of Patient's history is highly beneficial/crucial at this point.Around the time patient was turning 50 years old, patient tried to communicate to daughter that a problem in the brain was...
View ArticleNotes for followup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diethttp://addspouse.proboards29.com/index.cgi?board=comorbid&action=display&thread=760http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070719/msgs/772724.html
View ArticleCurrent Diagnosis.
Patient has been given two diagnosis - one by the Neurologists, the other by the Psychiatrists: Temporal Seizure vs. Frontotemporal Dementia. However, it is important to note that even though Patient's...
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We need to revisit the blog post that was dated 11/20/07 and explore it further.
View ArticleImportant findings of B-12
Vitamin B12: Vital Nutrient for Good HealthBy Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD "Vitamin B12 works with folic acid in many body processes including synthesis of DNA, red blood cells and the insulation...
View ArticleMedication Frustration
Here is a recap of what we've seen so far with two medications.10mg of Zyprexa + 150mg Lamical twice daily = The worst combination so far -- INCREASED physical problems (the worst/really bad--bent over...
View ArticleNaturopathic Body Scan
Patient will be undergoing a Naturopathic body scan within the next 10 days by a Naturopathic Doctor to see if results reveal any new/compelling information that is helpful in determining the cause of...
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"Neurological conditions eg. multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease,epilepsy, memory loss.--Associated with GlutenDiagnosis of Gluten intolerance in elderly patients is disproportionately high. This...
View ArticleGluten Intolerance? Celiacs?
"I am currently off of all seizure & pain meds & doing GREAT! When I went low gluten (only the hidden trace sources) I stopped having seizures. I am walking w/o even a cane. Sleeping in regular...
View ArticleSeizure Frequency and Diet
The following excerpt can be found at this site:http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id21.html"In addition to successfully managing the epileptic, the dietary solution provides insight into the wide variety of...
View ArticleCurrent Diagnosis - FTD
The most recent diagnosis made is FTD ( aka fronto-temporal lobe dementia).The details of this disease appear to explain Patient's symptoms over the past years. A key determining factor involves the...
View ArticlePatient Update December 23, 2008
Patient was taken to hospital December 16 by ambulance. Six resuscitations were performed in a time period of about 40 minutes. Patient is now stable breathing assisted. Acute cause: seizure followed...
View ArticlePatient Update March 26, 2009
This will be a brief update to be followed by more detail soon.Patient is recovering on a ventilator for more than 90 days now. Recently began using eyes. After the 1st 40 days of Patient being on...
View ArticleFTD Information Links
FTD Genetics: http://www.ftd-picks.org/?p=learnmore.geneticsGenetic Defects for some cases of FTD: PGRN, MAPT: http://www.ftd-picks.org/?p=research/200608_ResearchAdvance
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