Comments on Seizures + MRI: Do You Really Need One? - Vital Animal® § The Natural Path

After the leptospirosis vaccine and now we are having to get an MRI. Vet is denying that the vaccine could cause it, but research says it can… no prior epilepsy. On meds that aren’t controlling it and vet won’t increase or change meds till we get an MRI

Is it necessary to give Heartworm treatment? I live in Florida. What if I leave her hair long, it would be hard for a mesquoto to bite her. She is a golden doodle and has focal seizures.

I have a 4 year old male Border Terrier. When he was 7 months, he started having cluster focal (short) seizures. I brought him to the vet and they started him on Keppra. That didn't work, so they then said they wanted to do a bunch of tests, including an MRI. We did pay about $10k for every test imaginable and did get the MRI. When he was waking up from anesthesia for the MRI, he had a full body seizure. The vet then wanted to put him on Phenobarbital immediately. We did agree to this and the Phenobarbital didn't work even though we increased the dose 2 times. We then added Zonisamide, CBD Oil (Hemp RX for Pets), changed his diet from kibble to raw, chinese herbs, essential oils, etc. and then the seizures just stopped. He is still on the 3 meds as well as all the holistic stuff but he now hasn't had a seizure in 3 years 4 months. I don't know what has helped as unfortunately we gave him the meds AND the holistic stuff all at the same time. When we first got him when he was a puppy, we only did 2 sets of vaccines (one that the breeder did and one we did ourselves) for Parvo and Distemper. He has had no vaccines since and has never taken any other meds (nothing for heartworm etc.). We are very holistic in the house, so we don't use chemicals in the yard or the house, our dogs get filtered water, they eat Stella and Chewy's, etc. The breeder has insisted she has never had any dog with seizures, but who knows what to believe. I really do not want him on any medications at this point but I am fearful of taking him off and then he relapses and we will not be able to regain control. He is my everything.The vets scare us when we ask about weaning him. They said we can maybe try eliminating the middle does of Keppra (since that one is given 3 times a day) but the Phenobarbital is the one I want him off of as it can cause issues. He just had blood work and his ALP was a little high, but liver and kidney values are all otherwise normal. If you have any advice for someone who can help us wean the meds, I would appreciate it.

A family member's 8year-old french bulldog recently passed away from a seizure. He started having seizures a few days beforehand, the local vets did all the vital tests which all came back normal. His seizures continued, so they drove 3 hours over a mountain range, in a snowstorm, to get him to an emergency clinic in the city to have an MRI done. They arrived at 2am, I met them there to take their other dogs home with me, said a little hello to the poor guy who's eyes were glazed over and he was completely out of it. He had a major seizure early that morning that sent him into cardiac arrest and he passed away. I don't know if he had any recent vaccines done, but I do know they kept them current on the typical schedule. We were all so shocked since, besides having a history of IVDD, he was a happy playful boy less than a week before. I wonder if homeopathy could have help the lil guy since he went so fast?

My 4yr old bulldog had his first witnessed seizure and cluster just after his first birthday. After trying everything from traditional meds to chiropractic and homeopathy, keto diet and cbd oil, we are simply biding time until he has no quality of life left. I have researched extensively everything I can find to try to help him without success, my homeopathic vet has no more ideas, we have not had an MRI because I am an MRI tech who routinely performs brain scans on epileptics and it is extremely rare to see an anatomical/ disease process on them so why spend the money on something I know won't yield an answer? He is clustering every 10-14 days at this point and the length of his seizures is increasing. He also isn't bouncing back like he used to. We are trying to enjoy whatever time we have left with him.

Both of my dogs started having grand mal seizures in July 2017. I refused all "suggestions" that I give them suppressant drugs, and looked for a homeopathic vet. The third one I tried was most compatible and we did constitutional treatment for a long time. We work via the phone. Each dog got a different series of remedies. My younger dog had many violent seizures, including 2 big clusters. He has now been seizure free since June 2019. I almost can't believe it. My older dog is still having seizures every two or three months and will get more constitutional treatment to see if we can heal him too. I believe something environmental triggered both of them but I could never identify what it was. My home and yard were already chemical free. I do feel that repeated required rabies shots predisposed them to seizures.

Capone was born 4-30-10. He had dewormer and 1st Distemper at 5 weeks. (He was orphaned when mom died). At 10 weeks he had 2nd Distemper. At 14 weeks he had Distemper #3 and Lepto #1. At 19 weeks (4+ mos) he was neutered and also got Lepto #2, another Distemper, a rabies vacc and had both cherry eyes fixed. It was obvious when very young he would be blind in one eye. At 7 mos he got Tresaderm (I think itchy ears, constantly shaking head.) At 10 mos. he had his first seizure. (No MRI was ever mentioned to me.) He was on Phenobarbital pills for a long time, and I had liquid valium to give anally during seizures. To make a very long story much shorter, over the next 13 mos. he had 97 seizures (I have them all documented in detail). The last one would never stop and he was euthanised. The last few weeks they were mostly "mini-mals" and not grand mals. They continually changed. No further vaccines were ever given or suggested (thank goodness). Maybe the vet actually followed instructions not to give them to an unwell animal. So he was 1 1/2 mos. shy of his 2nd birthday. It was 13 mos. of pure hell, and his suffering and passing broke my heart. March 15th of this year will be 8 years since I lost him. It still hurts, especially re-reading the documentation of the seizures. A lot of space between vaccines and first seizure, but it's obvious he got slammed with a lot at a very young age and I didn't know any better. Thankful to be learning here.

I have a rescued 4yr old husky who developed epilepsy at 10 months of age. He averaged every 27 days for over a year then started clustering, 4 fits in 12 days 3 in 2 days. Vet wanted him on meds - but I stood my ground and went down the cbd route against vets advice (it is illegal here to give dogs cbd). First one tried took him to 106 days, second one to 108 days. Then I tried a stronger one and he has now been fit free for 1 year and 119 days as of today. If I ever bring the subject up with my vet - he still blanks me completely.

WILL VITAL ANIMAL PACK HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ACUTE ANXIETY? WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENCE?

My AKC registered lab seized the day I brought him home from the breeder at 9 weeks. I didn't recognize it as a seizure at the time or I was in denial. I saw his first full-blown gran mal at 4 months although it registers to me now that he was having them all along. I started researching and found an integrative vet that did bioresonance therapy and discovered that he had metal toxicity and sensitivities to corn, wheat, soy and dairy. I have since learned that these are classic symptoms of epilepsy. I started a raw diet at 5 months and started using a quality CBD oil. I never felt confident with CBD dosing as there are many theories but it did prevent seizures for the short time I used it exclusively. I was encouraged by experienced rescue folks to have an MRI as he started seizing so young. I put it off due to costs. He went seizure free for 79 days on Pheno and Keppra. Then they came back with a vengence. I finally consented to an MRI and Spinal Tap when he was 14 months. They determined that he has lissencephaly which is referred to as smooth brain syndrome. We knew that he had other neurological issues - visual spatial issues and rear gate problems so this made sense. They added KBR and removed the Keppra and he went 252 days without a seizure. Now the frequency is weird. He can go a month and have a short seizure followed by a cluster a week later. I readded CBD oil back into his regimen and use a CBD nasal spray to stop a seizure and midazolam to stop clusters. I was told at the time of diagnosis that he would only get worse and I would have to make a decision. This was by the neurologist who delivered the MRI results. She was not a fan of raw or CBD - wouldn't even discuss it. My current neuro will be graduating in June but is open to alternate therapies. We titre for all vaccines and live in a state where a waiver is available so he is waivered for Rabies. If I knew what I was getting into I'm not sure I wouldn't have given him back to the breeder. But I couldn't live with them putting him down and Im sure he came to me for a reason. Sweetest pup you will ever meet.

My 11 year old Rottie had her spleen removed 1 month ago due to a 4 lb. hematoma in her spleen. She had seizures years ago when she was spayed late in life at 7 years old, seizures started about 1 month later. This time the same thing, 1 month after surgery she started seizures again. Grand mal seizures. This past Friday she had 3 in a row. She was on a raw diet, with very high quality supplements. Now I cook her protein because her spleen is gone. We just put her on Levetiracetam 2x a day, started yesterday, I don't know what to do. Vaccine free dog, no flea control pesticides ( I hate calling them meds because they are not meds) Wondering if it's because of the anesthetic. I'm at a loss what to do. I'm frustrated.

When my mini Dachshund was 4 months old, she had her first Rabies shot (also was given Bordetella and DHPP-C) . :-( Three months later, she had a grand mal seizure. I rushed her to Dr. Whitecoat who Dx her w/grand mal and said her heart was strong but blood work was all over the map. She was given Big Pharma drugs and I was told to bring her back immediately if she has another. A year later, she had her 2nd Rabies shot. No seizure but she had other problems (itching, hot spots, allergies, bladder infections). 10 months later I learned of Dr. Will and joined the pack and that was over three years ago. Best thing that ever happened to me and my little Doxie. No more seizures, no allergies, no hotspots, no more Apoquel, off of Big Pharma drugs, no infections...I no longer give her daily allergy shots, she's cured! I threw all meds away (including flea and heartworm), started her on a raw diet and she is healthy, happy and actively vital at five years old. Thank you Dr. Will for saving my little girl!

We have had great success with CBD for our older dog (15-year-old Alaskan Klee Kai). He started having seizures. We started him on CBD twice a day with meals and he has had no further seizures.

6 years ago my 5 yr old gsd started having seizures. We did exactly what was written ( vet visit, MRI, neurologist specialist) only to get a diagnosis of idiopathic seizures. We were told that the risk of a gran mal was great and pheno barbital was what was needed. Before we signed up for a shortened life on anti seizure meds, I searched the Internet and found articles relating topical flea meds to seizures. We decided to pull him off the topicals and see what happened. Sure enough no more seizures. Now almost 12 yrs old he has been basically seizure free except for a few incidents of unstableness after his last rabies three yrs ago. He is due and we get repeated notifications but I will not put him thru that again. We live in LA which will not recognize titers.

I have a 7 yr old spayed bitch Golden Retriever who has petit mal or absence seizures. They started after a rabies vaccine. I am a crusader for no more rabies.
I did no diagnostic because I thought it made no sense. I give her CBD oil. I would love to know what the homeopathic remedy is.

Collie mix, neutered male, 8 years old. At approximately 6 months old, he escaped from the fence and chased a young stud colt, who kicked the dog and sent him sprawling across the riding ring. He briefly lost consciousness, was rushed to vet, and recovered nicely with only a scratch on his eye, which healed quickly. 7 years later, he developed an eye issue, with a permanently dilated pupil. A vet indicated the eye damage was due to a lesion on the brain. A few months later, due to the dog having to be boarded, and titers not accepted, he received boosters and rabies. 2 months later he started having seizures and after several months of seizures, he was put down. (BTW, not my dog - I argued against the shots...)

I had a F sheltie who started seizing at 1 yr old. No matter what drugs we tried, the seizures got worse and she died in a seizure around 2 yrs old. I then adopted this dogs grandmother at age 10, found out she also had seizures starting at around age 2. Her seizures were much less severe and we did not treat them. She lived to 18 yrs old and died of something else, probably related to old age.

Border Collie bitch, 7 years old now.
Had one Lepto vac since she had her pup and year after booster. No vac since apart from that one Lepto.
Last year February, she had five fits at about two weekly intervals seemingly triggered by the BBC news music - though not the reason of course.
Given homeopathic remedy x3 and put on a taurine supplement 2 capsules daily. Reduced to one daily after about four months.
There were no more fits for three months … she then had one 'small' one,
Immediately put back on 2 caps daily and she has been fine since. She is also a much more 'settled', calmer dog too.
Fingers crossed!!!!!!