Thiamine boost in diet to help with seizures?

Hello!  My little guy is 2 years old and suffers from a minor case of Cerebellar Hypoplasia, aside from that he has been healthy as can be. 

I had raised him on royal canin Persian formula (he is a Persian, traditional doll face) from the time I got him, it was the best brand we could buy where we lived at the time.  When we moved to the USA I started him on Natural Balance (chicken pea blend I think/ hard food) with my two other cats, which was ok but gave all 3 awful acne even though I was using metal bowls with daily washing and the face wipes...headache.   A month or so ago I moved them over to trader joes chicken formula combined with the trader joes canned food so I could begin to switch them over to a 50/50 hard and wet food diet since the trader joes food was apparently lower cost and good quality.  The transition did not go well and after 3 weeks they still had upset stomachs from the food, especially my little CH guy who just had soft stool non stop no matter how much (or little) I tried to integrate the food.

3 weeks after starting the trader joes food my little guy had a seizure while sleeping, it was short and he came out of it quickly so we went to the vet who said everything was fine and to keep an eye out.  15 days later he had another so we were sent to a specialist who checked liver levels and said everything seemed ok and recommended we start him on the seizure meds. 15 days later he had his 3rd one (that was monday) and we have the pills but have not started him on it yet... I cant shake that this is a diet issue to happen so suddenly, but his tests all came back ok.

I moved him back to royal canin and his stomach problems went away the next day and he seems a lot more energetic again,  however I am reading low Thiamine may be the cause of seizures sometimes so I am trying to find a supplement quickly to give him so that I can see if that will help space them out farther than 15 days.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I know feeding raw or making food at home is ideal, his stomach is just so sensitive and with 3 cats we just cant prepare them the raw food diets at this time.  Any thoughts would be so helpful,  I'm hoping someone can tell me some more about the food I was giving him (was it ok? was it awful and maybe that could have caused this?) or recommend a good supplement to help him out if he does need more Thiamine?  thanks so very much,  I refer to this site a LOT for info and advice, but this is my first time actually posting

@lizzy84

I think its safe to say your cat's diets (all of the sound fine) would not cause seizures.  Seizures are a neurological problem with various causes and I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss your vet's recommendations.  Low thiamine seems very unlikely in a cat who is eating well and eating commercial cat food but it is testable.  This website on thiamine deficiency should help make it clear that this isn't the problem with your cat.

http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/digestive/c_ct_vitamin_b1_thiamine_deficiency

Actually, that link doesn't make me rule out thiamine deficiency.  I guess you could try a thiamine only or B-complex and see if it helps.  At least it's water soluble and so long as you're not crazy overdosing him it should be OK to try.  Or raw egg yolks, that's easy and no worries.

peaches08 said:

 
Actually, that link doesn't make me rule out thiamine deficiency.  I guess you could try a thiamine only or B-complex and see if it helps.  At least it's water soluble and so long as you're not crazy overdosing him it should be OK to try.  Or raw egg yolks, that's easy and no worries.

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I didn't rule it out either but  it seemed to me unlikely but only the OP can look at the causes and evaluate with their vet if this is possible, and it is a testable condition.

Well, we've had recalls in the recent past due to cat foods not having enough thiamine.  According to this, it can be difficult to test for:  http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.co...s-and-c/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/834832

My only experience with thiamine deficiency has been with humans.  I hope @lizzy84 finds an answer soon.

Anything that would cause loss or malabsorption of nutrients could potentially cause a deficiency. Maybe having soft stools non-stop for weeks could have led to thiamine defiency, if he wasn't digesting food properly.   That doesn't mean it was definitely the cause of the seizures, of course, but I wouldn't rule it out just like that.