I am 3 weeks into a ketogenic diet and my symptoms are a little bit worse. It is apparently too early to gain the full benefits of the ketogenic diet but so far I would say it is not effective. Thinking back on my life before my diagnosis, I remember craving (and consuming on occasion :) ) a pop and chocolate bar in the afternoon at work. I believe this was a way of my controlling my Idopathic Hypersolmelence. My brother with the same diagnosis is a junk food junkie. I wonder how many of us have used refined sugar as a pick me up for our diagnosis. I know caffeine doesn't have much of an effect on keeping me alert, but it will interfere with my sleep if consumed too late in the evening