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Members shared personal experiences with anxiety medications and epilepsy, noting how some meds like clonazepam and lorazepam serve double... Read more
And Winrey ...from William and Jen πππΆπ±
Epilepsy can cause life to be very lonely and sad ., friends ., even family.. may turn away ., dogs and cats be seeing someone to love who be needing them ., they be loving loyal friends who do not turn away .. they stay ., feels stress relieving and comforting to pet a dog or cat ., they be loving you and letting you know it ., sometimes the love they give be all the love you get., they matter to you ., and you matter to them ., so .. what do dogs and cats have to do with epilepsy ? We be calling it quiet love ., William and JenπππΆπ±
i have never had a support dog, but think they might lessen anxiety. I think possibly some dogs can detect when a seizure is about to happen.
Hallo Nathan .. thank you for your beautiful words ..Carlo and Cole.. beautiful dogs who loved you ., like our Tashi loved us ., she had tumour the vet say was liver cancer ., he want to put her down ., we say no ., we take her home ., we give her meds for pain ., she be too weak to walk so we carry her outside to potty ., then sit with her outside in her favourite spot ., back inside we light candle for her ., William hold her between us ., and she pass gently ..no pain ., we wanted her to know how loved she be ., and she did .. our three sons ., who be but boys when we get her .. all come to bury her., they take turns .. we all cry ., she more than just a dog nobody wanted ., she be a friend ., she be family.. she rests under a giant rugosa rose bush she use to love laying beneath in hot summer .. she sleep in peace there ., three years pass ., and we still mourn this sweet gentle dog who be a beloved part of our lives for 17 years ., dogs and cats only ask four things of us Nathan .. food .. water .. shelter .. and love .. and they give us in return way more than that π’.. hugs and prayers from William and Jen πππ€π
Hallo Randy .. your kind words much appreciated be .. Jen and me hope your weekend be happy and peaceful.. people be dumping off poor unwanted cats here cuz we on dead end street .. they shelter in a storage barn we make for them .. we give to them water and food .. try to help them find loving home .. many of our neighbors do same .. often they go on walks with us .. we offer to them love best we can ., you take care dear neighbor .. hugs and prayers from your Michigan friends William and Jenπ€πππΆπ±π