The Full History

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A chronological record of Harvey's journey, told in stages — from his early years through diagnosis, testing, and everything we've tried since.

November 2017 – 2020

The Beginning

31 December 2020

Harvey's early years — a happy, healthy, curious little boy meeting every milestone, with two febrile convulsions the only sign of what was to come.

November 2021 – March 2022

31 March 2022

Harvey's first absence seizure, an EEG that confirmed the diagnosis, and a medication reaction that sent us looking elsewhere.

March 2022

1 April 2022

The standard first-line medication — and the severe allergic reaction that ruled it out almost immediately.

March – September 2022

30 September 2022

Chiropractic care, a homeopathic GP, and a second recommendation from Starship — the paths we explored after ruling out ethosuximide.

September 2022 – November 2025

1 November 2025

Three years of living alongside absence seizures — the patterns we started to notice, and the ordinary life that continued around them.

November 2025

15 November 2025

We began supplementing Harvey with vitamin D, magnesium, creatine and L-theanine — not a formal experiment, just an attempt to support his system.

January 2026

14 January 2026

For the first time in four years, Harvey went two whole weeks without a seizure — the moment that inspired this website.

June – July 2026

9 June 2026

We arranged a hair tissue mineral analysis for Harvey — and the results revealed some striking mineral imbalances.

10 July 2026

10 July 2026

We compared Harvey's hair tissue results against a full blood panel — and found the two tests told very different stories.

17 June – 6 August 2026

6 August 2026

The first months of supplementation — early signs of change, a cold that complicated things, and what we learned about patience.