shallow focus photography of a cannabis plant, illustrating a discussion on cannabis and epilepsy

Spectacular Results: New Findings In Cannabis And Epilepsy

Finally, some decent quality research into cannabis and epilepsy. A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the use of cannabis to control epileptic seizures.  This research showed a reduction in the frequency of convulsive seizures in kids suffering from Dravet syndrome.  This was a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled study. This design…

Dissociative Seizures

Amazingly, Dissociative Seizures Are not Really Epilepsy

Dissociative Seizures We have been seeing an increasing number of patients with dissociative seizures at Ormond Neuroscience.  Alternatively, perhaps I am more aware of dissociative seizures, so I notice it more easily. Curious about the epidemiology, I investigated. Amazing figures when one investigates the epidemiology. Refractory epilepsy is epilepsy that is resistant to drug treatment.…