They believe in medical for certain conditions, but not brain or neurological ones. You guys should read this article about seizure medication and the scientilogists.
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/room758.html
Excerpt of Die dunkle Seite von Scientology - According to the records, Heribert P. died august 28, 1988, during the night from a heavy epileptic attack. He hit his head on the night table. (...) The scientology doctor reports that he prescribed vitamins for his patient -dispite regular attacks- in stead of treating him with proper medication. Such medication was indeed not detected in his blood during the post-mortem examination.
Who was Heribert Pfaff and why is he dead after his scientologist doctor prescribed vitamins for him while he knew that his patient suffered severe epileptic seizures?
This is why it is hard for me to have sympathy for them.
On one hand I can empathize with their trauma and pain over losing a child.
On the other hand, he very likely wasn’t getting the help he should have gotten because of their belief in Scientology and that burden is squarely on their shoulders.
I hope his death will wake some people up..and maybe they will think twice before joining that cult.
There’s a lot of non-Scientologist that don’t treat seizures with medication.
Anti-seizure medication is really nasty. The first one my daughter was on made her literally crazy. She was having tons of temper tantrums, kicked wholes in our walls, made her start stuttering, made her word finding abilities (speech) worse, and then she slept a ton. We finally found a better medication, but there was a risk that she could have a life-threatening rash with it.
Now, there are warnings of most anti-seizure medications increasing the risks for depression and suicide.
I know plenty of families that choose to work on lifestyle and diet changes to control seizures.