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Many people have their seizures successfully controlled with anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). This is the most common way that epilepsy is treated. AEDs do not cure epilepsy. At the moment there is no cure for epilepsy. The aim of AEDs is to prevent seizures by controlling the excitability of the brain. How they do this is not totally understood. Despite this, their effectiveness in treating epilepsy has been scientifically proven.

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hello i know someone who is very close to me who suffers from epilepsy so there is no cure at all to get rid of it?

Submitted by kieran andrews on 13 January, 2009 - 13:58.

im a 12 yr old child with epilepsy, i have had it since i was six, i am very smart and very healthy, i am on lamotrigine to help control it, im going to hopefully get rid of it (well control it).so this is proof that that you can still be smart and be controlable about yourself. you dont need to worry because in a way you can control it.

Submitted by elizabeth on 15 January, 2009 - 01:21.

I am 25yrs old and was born with epilespy and graduated from high school and also from Apollo College have two perfect boys 4month old and 6yr old and married two a great man who stayed by my side from the year I started having seizures I would like to let everyone know that your not alone with seizures I know they can be very scary but there is help out there that can help you understand more about seizures

Submitted by Malissa. on 17 March, 2009 - 19:39.

Hello people :-)
Im 25 and only have had epilepsy 4 the past 2 n a half years, they started in my sleep ( i have tonic clonic seizures ) ive always twitched in my sleep n would wake up all or a sudden n sometimes i would b very scared, which if i feel before i have 1 its so scary but now i have them at any time of the day and i believe my mobile phone doesnt help, ive recently lost my job over this due to time off i do find some people very ignorant about this illness but luckly all are not, and reading ur stories are helping me understand more n that i can go through with my studies even though they are hard ( think thats my bad memory lol ) n also no that u can live with it n not let it take over ur life, take care all u nice peeps and wat a amazing site i dunno where i wud b witout it x

Submitted by simone barnes on 22 March, 2009 - 02:41.

You must also know information on the medications which will interact with drugs used to treat Epilepsy and avoid taking them. When they interact it will increase the side effects. You can find info on the drugs that interact at International Drug Mart

Submitted by Cindrella on 10 April, 2009 - 08:31.

I've recently found a useful resource which provides information about specific epilepsy medicines. There were even pictures of the correct tablets and a list of all possible side effects. I hope people find it as useful as i have:-

http://medguides.medicines.org.uk/document.aspx?name=Epilepsy

Submitted by Anonymous on 15 May, 2009 - 11:48.

Hello,my wife is thirty four years of age,she started experiencing Seizures at age Twenty,one year after we got marred,she gets this attack every month almost the same date every time between the 23,24,25 of each month and this only happens when she is asleep,it happens every half of an hour and then goes to every hour until it will evuentally stop,this attack lasts for up to 12 hrs.when the attack stops she vomits a lot and suffers with serious headaches,that makes her cry out,she is left weak for days until she can eat and able to move about as before.
We did a CT scan which the doctor said there is nothing wrong with the brain,he put her on treatment,such as Dilantain and Valporic Acid he also tried Phenobarbalitone but to no avail these never seems to help,can you say if this is normal with Seizures patients,and what can we use for the head ache,we tried pain killers like ibprufein and paracitamol but these cannot ease the pain.Can you gave me some advice. Thank you.

Submitted by Ridley Ferreira on 1 July, 2009 - 16:06.