While there are many herbs which help to control epilepsy, such remedies are not intended for use in severe cases. If your condition is not responding to conventional medication, then it's unlikely it will respond to herbal medication either. Especially since, as Lazygardens pointed out, it's hit and miss with the dosages. Your doctor has recommended surgery, and I think you are left with just two options: have the surgery and give yourself a very good chance of improvement in your condition and your life; or not have the surgery, and continue as you are, with a very good chance of getting worse. I know which way I'd go! Meantime, include plenty of passionfruit in your diet!

Hi laa laa, just found your post. I know 7 people with the illnesses mentioned in the title. They can't stay in stores with flors. for very long, and always avoid some particular stores. The wiki site on meniere's mentions fluors as a trigger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re's_disease Sure glad to hear that your meniere's retreated, at least for a while. It sounds like it got pretty ornery with you. Did you notice any other triggers such as diet? Here's a resource that has clear introductory info on meniere's disease, which most people have never heard of. Over 3 million people have it, and there are several triggers. http://www.meei.harvard.edu/patient/meniere.php Avoidance of the triggers salt [and sodiums, including MSG], alcohol, and caffeine, tobacco too, help. If you go over a VERY low salt intake- like under 200mg - in one meal, and your ear starts buzzing louder, sometimes a hershey bar or two, after that salt, can help. The big info site, that sells vitamins, menieresinfo.com, is honest and thorough. They care and have a lot of detailed info,and good vitamins, but if you contact them, you will get deluged with vitamin sales emails. Thats too bad, because vitamins seem to help, but quality in stores seems to have tumbled. Here's the link: http://www.menieresinfo.com/moretopics.html#travel Some sites have surprising tidbits of info. One medicine, can cause deafness, so you may want to make sure your pharmacist knows you have meniere's. http://books.google.com/books?id=ETMWzoDCqvUC&pg=PA385&lpg=PA385&dq=meniere's+erythromycin&source=web&ots=-PQ-GW3KO_&sig=2Xch1u3J6f9cbkJS_4VVgURAPyQ I think there are a couple of chat sites for inner ear probs. too. If anyone has more, detailed, info, it would be great to have.

Yes, Cindy, you have been so encouraging to me as we deal with our Casey's probable brain tumor that we learned about only because he had seizures (on Christmas Eve, too!). I am glad that Mocha shows no signs of deficits after his seizures. Our Casey is still seizure-free, on Phenobarbital, Prednisone and thyroid hormone. After our follow-up visit to the neurologist, he told us to see the regular vet for maintenance. Our vet drastically lowered the Phenobarb dosage and the Pred dosage. We had to increase the Pred again, though, when Casey started attacking the other two dogs. He will stare at them and we have to distract him, but he has not attacked on his current dosage. His legs sometimes quiver when he is standing still. He is, of course, obsessed with food and drink, but we are coping fairly well with that. Does Mocha listen when you call home on the phone? None of my dogs have ever responded to a voice on the phone. It is hard to move on and do our "human" things when it would be so easy to stay at home with the furry family members! I tell them that I need to make money to buy their kibble.

Update on my rescue dog. I hired a dog trainer this week. She brought one of her dogs with her to assess my rescue's reaction to other dogs. Her assessment is that my rescue is over-excited by other dogs - she is not aggressive, fearful, or protective. She thinks that she was isolated from other dogs at a young age and has no experience in socializing with them. The danger is that other dogs may misinterpret her frenzied excitement as aggression, and she could get hurt. The trainer advised that I take it slowly and not walk her until she learns how to behave appropriately. My homework is to sit with her in the front yard and teach her to look, but not confront, other dogs as they walk past our house. If she reacts, I take her back into the house - so far, I have made no progress on this. OTOH, in the house, without distractions, she is rapidly learning commands for "place," "sit-stay," and "down-stay." Louise, my sister had a purebred Bichon - I took care of him when she was on vacation. Very sweet dogs and, like my Pug, friendly with everyone. I cannot take this little rescue anywhere that dogs are allowed - without putting her at risk of injury.