Many people have experienced side effects when stopping ASMs. Hear from the epilepsy community and gain tips to help you through medication changes.

Patty Shafer RN MN talks about wellness and managing your epilepsy. Visit TalkAboutIt.org to watch more celebrity and expert interviews. The common feature of these diets is that they eliminate sugar ...

TBI is a well-recognized cause of seizures and epilepsy. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of an external force on the head. TBI can occur as a result of the following: The head suddenly and ...

The following factsheets discuss different treatment options for epilepsy. If you are a medical professional, share these factsheets with your patients to help them understand their treatment options.

Having one neurological diagnosis is hard enough. Add a second and you are sure to feel as if your body is not your own. People living with epilepsy may face loss of consciousness and involuntary ...

Epilepsy is not a mental illness. In fact, the vast majority of people living with epilepsy have no cognitive or psychological problem. For the most part, psychological issues in epilepsy are limited ...

Long-Term Outcomes Seizures typically resolve, although for some individuals there is recurrence of seizures in adolescence. These are typically generalized tonic-clonic seizures with bilateral ...

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Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) refers to a group of severe epilepsies that are characterized both by seizures, which are often drug-resistant, as well as encephalopathy, which is a ...

Brain damage or brain injury occurs when the brain cells known as neurons are destroyed. This can be caused by internal or external mechanisms. When the damage is related to an external physical ...

Living with seizures and epilepsy is a family affair. It affects everyone to some extent but in different ways. The person who has seizures may feel helpless, scared, worried or a host of feelings.

One of the most important activities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to collect information about health conditions, who and how many are affected, and other data that can ...