Guess; how long til effective medication treatment is out???

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qbsbrown

Discussion Starter · Nov 7, 2005

I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

Are they on the brink? Not even looking for it? Not big enough of a market?
Are they close with anti-epileptic drugs, i.e. klonopin/lamictal?

with in 2 years?
5-10?
never?

What do you guys think?

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Tom Servo

· #5 · Nov 11, 2005

5 or so for something that kinda works but leaves a lot to be desired, 5-10 until until we start seeing "Ask your doctor if Reali-zil is right for you" ads on TV. I'm basing that on nothing but a hunch.

Hey Homeskooled, what about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation? Apparently frequencies less than 1 Hz inhibit brain activity, higher frequencies stimulate it. If we zap Brodmann Areas 7b, 19, and 39 with 1 Hz or less, then turn it up to 11 for areas 21 and 22, shouldn't that work?

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Tom Servo

· #7 · Nov 11, 2005

Homeskooled said:
Dear Tom,
Wow, your really studying that area of the Parietal/temporal lobe. Yeah, transcranial magnetic stimulation could do the trick, but most of the studies on it are European and kind of quackish. Its also really hard to focus a magnetic field, and we dont know how it affects epilepsy for good or bad yet. But in order to KEEP the area stimulated, you would have to be wearing a helmet all day. Thus the idea of taking something orally which circulates throughout the brain all day. You might be able to buy a gadget and treat yourself with it in the morning, but I dont know what the half-life of that treatment would be...

Peace
Homeskooled

"...you would have to be wearing a helmet all day." :lol: :lol: :lol: Well, maybe if I painted it skin color and put hair on the outside, no one would notice? Or I'll just co-ordinate my wardrobe with cleats, shoulder pads, and a U of M football jersey.

"You might be able to buy a gadget and treat yourself with it in the morning..." I'm stripping an extension cord and getting out the electrical tape as we speak. Sure is tough to find your own Parietal lobe looking in a mirror though.

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