Does anyone have any experience with essential oils helping seizures? On Sunday, I had a meeting with my yoga instructor -- who is really into essential oils, specifically from this one company called doTerra, whom she claims to have both the oils and work ethic of highest integrity around -- and while I went into this consultation with a cynical mind, thinking "yeah, just another salesperson trying to make a profit, hmmmph... eh, why not hear her out, I've got nothing else on the agenda today," I was surprised to find that my senses were rather impressed with the oils.
I didn't ingest or even topically apply anything. I only smelled the four containers of oils that she presented to me as being good for epilepsy: pure Frankincense, which she claims has been scientifically proven to stop epileptic seizures in their tracks (I haven't read this research personally myself, but am open to the idea); a blend that doTerra makes called Balance (supposedly "grounding"), which contains spruce, rosewood, frankincense, blue tansy, and fractionated coconut oil; a blend called Serenity (purportedly "anti-anxiety"), containing lavender, sweet marjoram, roman chamomile, ylang ylang, sandalwood, and vanilla bean; and a blend called Elevation (dubbed the "joyful blend"), containing lavandin, tangerine, elemi, lemon myrtle, melissa, ylang ylang, osmanthus, and sandalwood.
Never have my olfactory senses been so overwhelming impressed with anything. Granted, this could simply be because they are, after all, essential oils, which are indubitably potent. So of COURSE my sense of smell was overwhelmed, and since they all have pleasant scents, of course it was an overwhelming positive experience I had.
However, the sense of "WHOA!! YES!!!" that I felt upon smelling these oils really struck me by surprise. I felt ecstatic... elated, after merely smelling these things. Could it be that there really is something to these particular oils treating epilepsy?
After merely smelling these oils on Sunday, I went two whole days without having a seizure. This could be a coincidence, but I highly doubt that. I have been averaging at LEAST one seizure a day for the past six months. A few days here and there where I've gone seizure-free, but not nearly enough of those for two more to just randomly pop up like that.
Granted, as I mention in another thread, I have been pursuing neurofeedback therapy recently, and my session this past Wednesday morning (Sep. 25) seemed to be particularly effective: I went two whole days without having a seizure. However, I had one on Friday and one on Saturday, so I assumed that the effectiveness from that Wednesday session had worn off already, and thus was fully expecting to also have seizures on Sunday and Monday.
My instructor told me that if I were to use these, I would apply them topically to the soles of my feet.
As always, any input/advice is very much appreciated.
I didn't ingest or even topically apply anything. I only smelled the four containers of oils that she presented to me as being good for epilepsy: pure Frankincense, which she claims has been scientifically proven to stop epileptic seizures in their tracks (I haven't read this research personally myself, but am open to the idea); a blend that doTerra makes called Balance (supposedly "grounding"), which contains spruce, rosewood, frankincense, blue tansy, and fractionated coconut oil; a blend called Serenity (purportedly "anti-anxiety"), containing lavender, sweet marjoram, roman chamomile, ylang ylang, sandalwood, and vanilla bean; and a blend called Elevation (dubbed the "joyful blend"), containing lavandin, tangerine, elemi, lemon myrtle, melissa, ylang ylang, osmanthus, and sandalwood.
Never have my olfactory senses been so overwhelming impressed with anything. Granted, this could simply be because they are, after all, essential oils, which are indubitably potent. So of COURSE my sense of smell was overwhelmed, and since they all have pleasant scents, of course it was an overwhelming positive experience I had.
However, the sense of "WHOA!! YES!!!" that I felt upon smelling these oils really struck me by surprise. I felt ecstatic... elated, after merely smelling these things. Could it be that there really is something to these particular oils treating epilepsy?
After merely smelling these oils on Sunday, I went two whole days without having a seizure. This could be a coincidence, but I highly doubt that. I have been averaging at LEAST one seizure a day for the past six months. A few days here and there where I've gone seizure-free, but not nearly enough of those for two more to just randomly pop up like that.
Granted, as I mention in another thread, I have been pursuing neurofeedback therapy recently, and my session this past Wednesday morning (Sep. 25) seemed to be particularly effective: I went two whole days without having a seizure. However, I had one on Friday and one on Saturday, so I assumed that the effectiveness from that Wednesday session had worn off already, and thus was fully expecting to also have seizures on Sunday and Monday.
My instructor told me that if I were to use these, I would apply them topically to the soles of my feet.
As always, any input/advice is very much appreciated.
