Living with epilepsy
Last Updated:
16 Jul 2009Review Due Date:
16 Jan 2010Do I have to stop driving?
In the UK, when you first have a seizure, you have a responsibility to stop driving and let the DVLA/DVA know. Usually, you can start driving again when you’ve been completely seizure free for a year, or if you’ve only had seizures in your sleep for at least three years.
More in this section:
- Introduction
- What is epilepsy?
- Living with epilepsy
- Treatment
- Visiting your doctor
- Sex and sexuality
- Becoming a father
- SUDEP
- Support
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- Is there anything that will make my seizures more likely to happen?
- Can I drink alcohol?
- Can I smoke tobacco?
- Will illegal drugs affect my epilepsy?
- Will I have to give up my job?
We can provide references and information on the source material we use to write our epilepsy advice and information pages. Please contact our Epilepsy Helpline by email at helpline@epilepsy.org.uk.
Epilepsy advice and information
- What is epilepsy?
- Children
- Depression
- Disability Discrimination Act (UK)
- Driving
- Education
- Employment
- Entitlements for people with epilepsy in England
- Epilepsy and caring for children: a comprehensive guide
- Epilepsy in later life
- Epilepsy information for prisons
- Getting a diagnosis
- Identity jewellery
- Inheritance
- Learning disabilities
- Living with dificult to control epilepsy
- Me and my dad
- Memory
- Men and Epilepsy
- Mobile phones and epilepsy
- Osteoporosis, osteomalacia and epilepsy
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Safety
- Seizures
- Sports and leisure
- Stress and epilepsy
- Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
- Swine flu and epilepsy
- Syndromes
- Travel abroad
- Treatment
- Women and epilepsy
- Young people and epilepsy
- Epilepsy Action and the Information Standard
- The Epilepsies: You, Epilepsy and the NICE Guideline
- Epilepsy Action Information Reviewers (EAIRs)
- Technical editing/writing and copyright
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Epilepsy Helpline
- UK freephone 0808 800 5050
- International +44 113 210 8850
- Email: helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
- Txt msg: 07797 805 390 info
- Live online: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1230-1330 UK time






