"No seizures, no side effects" is the motto for epilepsy treatment. Not every person will achieve that goal right now, but the good news is that treatments are available that can successfully prevent seizures for most people with epilepsy. The first treatment is almost always seizure medication. If one seizure medication fails, others may be more successful.
Doctors know, however, that if the first few medicines fail to stop a person's seizures, the chances are not as good that a different medicine will be completely successful. Then it may be time to consider some other type of treatment, including surgery, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and the ketogenic diet.
Further information on each of these treatments is available in this section.
Tracking Seizure Activity
Recording seizure frequency and the details of each seizure plays a key role in monitoring the effectiveness of treatment. A Seizure Journal can help you keep track of your seizures, and can be found here: Seizure Journal
Electronic options are also now available to help you keep track of your seizures. See the links below for further information:
My Seizure Diary:
www.epilepsy.com/seizurediary
Seizure Tracker:
www.seizuretracker.com