| DHA is supposed to help reduce or control seizures. Here's info from two studies, with the dosages they used:
"An intervention study in a mental health institution supplemented five patients with a flavoured omega-3 rich spread providing 1.46g DHA and 0.59g EPA daily for six months (Schlanger et al. 2002). These patients suffered from epilepsy secondary to a variety of other diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). The authors found a considerable decrease in the frequency and strength of grand mal (grand mal) and petit mal (PM) seizures in all patients. Furthermore, no adverse affects were exhibited by the patients. A more recent randomized placebo-controlled group trial involved 57 epileptic patients who were taking anti-epileptic drugs and assigned to either daily supplementation of 1.7g omega-3 fatty acids (DHA= 0.7 g, EPA= 1.0 g) or control for twelve weeks. A larger portion of the patients receiving the omega-3 fatty acid supplementation (5/29) had at least a 50% decrease in seizures during the first six weeks as compared to those receiving the placebo (0/27) (Yuen et al. 2005)"  | 
01-12-2010, 06:12 PM
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