Can medication or seizures affect sexual function among women?
Both the medications and the seizures can lead to decreased sexual drive and decreased satisfaction with sex. Some people who have surgery for their epilepsy and then become seizure-free have an improvement in their sexual drive. And of course, it’s very important to educate people and tell them that their low sex drive is from the epilepsy or the medication; it relieves some degree of self-blame for that issue. Why are women with epilepsy more likely to have fertility problems? There’s about a two-fold increased risk of infertility. If women with epilepsy have irregular menstrual cycles, they are much more likely to have problems with fertility. And some of the fertility treatments that are used to induce ovulation can actually make seizures worse. Individual recommendations can be made based on a particular woman. What if you have epilepsy and found out that you are pregnant? First of all, if you have epilepsy and planning to become pregnant, it is advisable to talk to your doctor ab
