Is medication necessary for all types of seizures?
No. As seizure medications, like all medications have side effects its often weighing the risk of the side effects versus the risk of the seizures. My child had horrible reactions to most anticonvulsants and eventually we just gave up and tolerated the seizures. Because children with hydranencephaly have brain stem seizures, its often hard to bring them under control with the usual medications. An alternative to medications is the Ketogenic Diet. This is a special diet, which can eliminate or reduce seizures.
