Excellent article. I have no scientific data to back up my story, just personal experience. After suffering a severe head injury (hit by a car as a pedestrian,) at age 4 and being in a coma for 11 days, I came out of the coma just prior to brain surgery to remove a blood clot. By age 11 I had re-current petit mal seizures. I was treated with Dilantin. By age 16 I had grown out of the petit mal seizure problem and I took myself off the Dilanin, I was still susceptible to Grand Mal if not living right i.e. enough sleep, good diet and no alcohol or stimulants. My brain still had abnormal EEG results. Now, at age 55, after haveing smoked marijuana for over twenty years, I have been seizure and medication free, except for Cannabis, for over 12 years, My last EEG came back "Normal." So I no longer need a medical form to obtain a drivers license, no longer take anti-convulsive drugs plus my neuroligist is aware of marijuana use and the repair of the brain from severe head injuries :thumbsup:. Personally I believe in the extreme theraputic effects of inhaled cannabis , for me it has made my brainwave pattern normal rather than full of excess electric discharges causing varies forms of convulsios :jointsmile:. The sooner marijuana is legalized, both for medical/ personal use plus continued research, the sooner our country will improve financially, healthfully and naturally. Thanks for this very informative article that explains what happened to me and proving my point regarding the therapuitically active effects for Marijuana both for epilepsy and emesis (nausea and vomiting) due to Diabetic Nueropathic Gatroparesis. There exists no safe drug for the control of chronic nausea and vomiting. Support the 2 bills in the House to treat marijuana and medical marijuana possession, cultivation, sale, transporting and use of cannabis for patients who would benefit from it. Legalize Marijuana NOW!!! 75% of the U.S. population can't be wrong...:thumbsup::stoned:
eltone Reviewed by eltone on . Some info on Epilepsy and Cannabis Marijuana EPILEPSY EPILEPSY Epilepsy is a persistent (chronic) condition of the brain. It involves unpredictable abnormal electrical discharges or misfirings of brain cells (neurons). This misfiring in the brain can cause episodes of bodily convulsions, loss of coordination, loss of consciousness or altered sensory states. These episodes are commonly called seizures. People with epilepsy have persistent and recurring seizures. One may be born with epilepsy, or may acquire it as a result of Rating: 5