Brain Health and Healing

Get power over anxiety, mood, voices, learning and memory issues, addiction, OCD, paranoia, etc. We look at root causes and triggers, biotypes, nutrients and herbs, allergies and sensitivities, metals and toxins, environment and epigenetics. We're talking nutritional psychiatry, integrative psychiatry, and functional medicine. Come join us for knowledge, stories, laughter, and serious talk about the brain: how it works, how it is nourished and cared for, and how mental health evolves. And if you want more, you can always look to my books at https://www.boragebooks.com New podcasts will come out twice a month. Note: What we say in this podcast is educational only. It is not medical diagnosis or treatment advice for the individual. If you suspect illness, see a knowledgeable physician.

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Brain Health and Healing

Seizures and Mental Health

June 16, 2023 • Eva Edelman and Simone Jeanette • Season 2 • Episode 7

This episode explores the intersection of seizure disorders, particularly temporal lobe epilepsy, with mental health. We talk about the prevalence of misdiagnosis, and about common symptoms and treatments in temporal lobe epilepsy and bipolar.
Note: While some underlying factors may be identical, these are distinct illnesses, and should be treated as such.

STUDIES
Mula M, The clinical spectrum of bipolar symptoms in epilepsy: a critical reappraisal, Postgrad Med. 2010 Jul;122(4):17-23. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20675967/

Reynolds EH , Trimble MR, Epilepsy, psychiatry, and neurology, Epilepsia. 2009 Mar;50 Suppl 3:50-5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19298432

Mazza M , Di Nicola M, et al, Bipolar disorder and epilepsy: a bidirectional relation? Neurobiological underpinnings, current hypotheses, and future research directions, Neuroscientist. 2007 Aug;13(4):392-404.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17644769/

BOOKS
LaPlante E, Seized: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Medicine, History, and Art.

For more on nutrient approaches shared by temporal lobe epilepsy with bipolar and schizophrenia, see my books, Natural Healing for Schizophrenia , and Natural Healing for Bipolar Disorder at boragebooks.com

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