Is epilepsy a life-long disorder?
Most persons with epilepsy have seizures and require medication for only a small portion of their lives. Most childhood forms of epilepsy are outgrown by adulthood. For many forms of epilepsy in children and adults, when the person has been free of seizures for 2 to 4 years, medications can often be slowly withdrawn and discontinued under a doctor’s supervision. However, there are some types of epilepsy that require lifelong treatment with anti-epileptic medications. Be sure to ask your neurologist what specific type of epilepsy you have.
