Hi Susan,
My daughter is fifteen. Two years ago, for the first time, she had two major seizures. I also found out from her that she had had several other ones when she was much younger, but that they were smaller ones, and that she simply had not thought about mentioning them to me. Well I took her to the doctors and eventually to the best neurologist in my area (people come from all over the world to see him). They ran some overnight test, which confirmed that she was having grand mal seizures. They prescribed some medicine for her. These had several side effects; mostly negative. Yes her seizures were reduced but her mood had drastically changed. She was sad and crying all the time. We went back to the doctors and they prescribed something else which made her lethargic. She would tell me that she felt as though her brain was in a fog. But the worst thing is that, if she skipped the pills just one day she would have a seizure. I felt that that made her a slave to those pills for the rest of her life. That was not OK with me. At that point, I decided to take things in my own hand and I went on the Internet to get more information. I found many sites with various suggestions, but none seem solid or based on measurable evidence. Than I found a site were the bloggers were discussing the use of Epson salt (sorry I don't remember the address). I also found a discussion on B6 and grape juice. I liked what I read about these three things and I decided to try them. That was six month ago and my daughter has not once had a seizure. Not only that, but she feels great; she has a great energy level, she's not brooding, she is fully active in sports again, and the best thing is that if she forgets (as all good fifteen year olds will) to take the medicine for a few days, she does not have seizures. My daughter takes half a teaspoon of Epson salt every morning. She drinks three cups of grape juice a day, sometimes only two. And she took 100mg of B6 a day. As taking too much B6 is not recommended, I stopped the B6 about two months ago. I will probably start it up again in three months, at half the dose. But now she continues to take her Epson salt and grape juice. This recipe works great for her; look into it.