How do you know if you've got epilepsy? Have I got epilepsy?
If you think you’ve an epileptic seizure, you need to talk to your family doctor. If your doctor thinks you might have had a seizure, they should refer you to an epilepsy specialist, usually a neurologist.
Only an epilepsy specialist can diagnose whether or not you have epilepsy. They’ll talk to you about what happened when you had the seizure, and ask you some questions.
Although there isn’t one test which can say whether or not you have epilepsy, tests like the electroencephalogram (EEG) can help the epilepsy specialist to make their diagnosis.
Young people and epilepsy
- What is epilepsy?
- How do you know if you've got epilepsy? Have I got epilepsy?
- Treatment
- Coming to terms with epilepsy
- My friend has epilepsy
- Going out
- Alcohol
- Street drugs
- Hormones, sex and contraception
- School, college and university
- Careers
- Driving
- Dear Debbie and Dear Danny
- Real Lives
- getAHEAD - Teenage girls with epilepsy
- In Focus
Epilepsy Helpline
- UK freephone 0808 800 5050
- International +44 113 210 8850
- Online Tuesdays 1900-2100
- Email: helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
- Txt msg: 07797 805 390 info
Epilepsy Action blog
Epilepsy Action is looking for people to take part in the Great North Run this October.
Monica Cooper, Epilepsy Action's epilepsy services manager, took part in BBC Radio 4's 'Law in Action' programme this week.
Welcome to the first posting in the new Epilepsy Action blog.





