• If your dog or cat experiences cluster seizures and poor response to medications, despite high doses, they likely have a severe form of epilepsy. This may be REFRACTORY EPILEPSY, and unfortunately, traditional medicine has few treatment options other than increasing drug dosages and adding additional medications.

• If the therapies he's taking cause bothersome side effects, their effectiveness tends to diminish. Perhaps you've already added a second and then a third medication, but the expected results haven't arrived. Your dog is exhausted and continues to have excessive seizures.

• If your dog or cat has had their first seizure, you're probably scared and have many questions you'd like answered and more accurate and precise information.

It's useful to know the answers to these questions:

• What is epilepsy in dogs and cats?

• How do seizures manifest themselves, and what are the possible causes?

• How can you best manage seizures? What to do in the event of a seizure?

• What are the treatment options, the benefits of each, the commitment, and the consequences of Integrated Therapies?

IMPORTANT

1. Almost 10% of people/animals may experience a seizure during their lifetime, but if the phenomenon doesn't recur over time, it's not epilepsy. Therefore, it's very important to diagnose and carefully examine what's happening to your dog or cat.

2. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Vincent van Gogh are just a few of the historical figures who suffered from epilepsy. Yet, that didn't stop them from achieving great things. Even if your dog is epileptic, he or she can have an excellent quality of life and do many things with you. One of my clients has learned to manage a crisis optimally. He's so certain of how to proceed that over time he's acquired the confidence that allows him to be calm even in that moment. Besides no longer feeling bad when a crisis strikes, he does everything he used to do with his beloved pet, even extreme sports (mountain climbing).

Gervaso had violent, cluster seizures twice a month.

After the first Integrative Medicine Treatments, he was seizure-free for 40 days (it already seemed like a miracle), and then the seizure intensity gradually decreased further. We completely eliminated one of his antiepileptic drugs, along with its side effects. Today, the intervals between seizures have averaged 70 days (in some periods, Gervaso has been seizure-free for up to 90 days; we celebrated! :)

With integrative medicine, you too can:

• reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures

• reduce medication dosages

• immediately and better manage seizures with peace of mind

• increase the stability of your dog or cat's cerebral cortex

• restore more vitality and zest for life to your dog or cat

• stimulate neurogenesis (formation of new nerve cells)

Integrative medicine, especially in more severe cases, is one of the few alternatives that offers results not only in managing the condition but also in significantly improving well-being and quality of life.

For 10 years, I treated epileptic dogs and cats exclusively with Western medicine (read MY JOURNEY). This was until I repeatedly realized its limitations in treating elderly patients with chronic or congenital conditions, such as epilepsy. This is why I have continued to study and experiment, in collaboration with colleagues and the University of Turin, and for over 10 years I have adopted and continually updated a thorough diagnosis and treatment protocol based on the new Integrated Medicine:

• Western Medicine

• Eastern Medicine

• Preventive and Therapeutic Nutrition

• Kinesiology

See also my Youtube Videos on epilepsy:

• Can he die during a seizure?

• Is he in pain during a seizure?

• Can he become aggressive or dangerous after the seizure?

• Should I grab his tongue to prevent him from choking?