Some of you may know through my prior posts that I am beating epilepsy with the use of capsaicin. There has recently been one particular incident that proves beyond shadow of a doubt that there truly is something to this.
As a brief re-cap, I have complex-partial temporal lobe epilepsy as the result of a brain anyrysm sustained January 21st, 2006. Having been put on some very heavy anti-spasmatic, epilepsy medications(ie" Dilantin, Keppra, Topamax, Trileptal) I found very quickly that the medications themselves generated more seizure activity than not taking them... and so the experiment began.
In the summer of 2009, whilst living in Texas, my former girlfriend happened to recognize that my epileptic activity was decreased every time that I made my powerful salsa batches or consumed excessive heat either by sauce or peppers directly. Over the course of that summer I very slowly weaned my way off those dreadful medications and began a regular regiment of consuming heat.
I have gone from grande mals to generalized to petit complex-partial seizures over the last 3 years by way of regular capsaicin use. What I am having these days I tend to call "stalls in speech" as opposed to teeth chattering, shaking, flop-like-a-fish style electrical seizure activity.
What has recently made it all apparent happened this last Thursday, December 6th, 2012.
Lisa, my Goddess-half had made the observation that following our hike in the Berkeley hills this last Thursday I was started to show signs of aura and blank stare thereby exhibiting an "onset" at which time Lisa headed straight out back to one of my Goatsweed plants, pulled a pepper, broke it in half and upon returning to the room sat me down and shoved it in my mouth!
I honestly don't always realize when I am in an onset and so it was a shock to me not only that Lisa was intuitive of my electrical stupor but knew exactly what to administer. I'll be damned if at that moment "I did" recognize what she was doing and why, and I literally experienced an onset fade very quickly away as my body then struggled to cope with immediate ass-kicker heat blast that Lisa had just bestowed upon me. Within minutes my speech had returned, my posture powered back up with seizure held at bay. Amazing.
I can only be grateful to this discovery that works for me. I have a drivers' license, a very good job, a Beautiful girlfriend and as few and far in-between as my activity may be I now have one very powerful ally that has given back what was once taken from me... and THAT friends, is the absolute Truth.
As a brief re-cap, I have complex-partial temporal lobe epilepsy as the result of a brain anyrysm sustained January 21st, 2006. Having been put on some very heavy anti-spasmatic, epilepsy medications(ie" Dilantin, Keppra, Topamax, Trileptal) I found very quickly that the medications themselves generated more seizure activity than not taking them... and so the experiment began.
In the summer of 2009, whilst living in Texas, my former girlfriend happened to recognize that my epileptic activity was decreased every time that I made my powerful salsa batches or consumed excessive heat either by sauce or peppers directly. Over the course of that summer I very slowly weaned my way off those dreadful medications and began a regular regiment of consuming heat.
I have gone from grande mals to generalized to petit complex-partial seizures over the last 3 years by way of regular capsaicin use. What I am having these days I tend to call "stalls in speech" as opposed to teeth chattering, shaking, flop-like-a-fish style electrical seizure activity.
What has recently made it all apparent happened this last Thursday, December 6th, 2012.
Lisa, my Goddess-half had made the observation that following our hike in the Berkeley hills this last Thursday I was started to show signs of aura and blank stare thereby exhibiting an "onset" at which time Lisa headed straight out back to one of my Goatsweed plants, pulled a pepper, broke it in half and upon returning to the room sat me down and shoved it in my mouth!
I honestly don't always realize when I am in an onset and so it was a shock to me not only that Lisa was intuitive of my electrical stupor but knew exactly what to administer. I'll be damned if at that moment "I did" recognize what she was doing and why, and I literally experienced an onset fade very quickly away as my body then struggled to cope with immediate ass-kicker heat blast that Lisa had just bestowed upon me. Within minutes my speech had returned, my posture powered back up with seizure held at bay. Amazing.
I can only be grateful to this discovery that works for me. I have a drivers' license, a very good job, a Beautiful girlfriend and as few and far in-between as my activity may be I now have one very powerful ally that has given back what was once taken from me... and THAT friends, is the absolute Truth.
