Epilepsy treatment

There are a number of different treatments for epilepsy, however the most common is medication.

The main aim of treating epilepsy is to improve the person's quality of life by preventing seizures but also causing minimum side effects.

Below you can find more information on treatment, including antiepileptic medication, epilepsy surgery, cannabidiol, emergency epilepsy medication and dietary treatments.

NB: Young Epilepsy are currently reviewing our information portfolio, and will be updated October 2023.

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More information about epilepsy

Epilepsy seizures

An epileptic seizure happens because of a disruption of the electrical activity in the brain

Epilepsy syndromes

A syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms which, if they occur together, can suggest a particular condition

Epilepsy & contraception

It is important that all teenagers are given information about the effects of AEDs on contraception and pregnancy before they become sexually active

Causes of epilepsy

The causes of epilepsy generally falls into three groups; genetic, structural/metabolic or unknown

Diagnosing epilepsy

Getting a diagnosis of epilepsy can often take some time. Only until there have been two or more seizures that a diagnosis of epilepsy will be considered