When medicines do not work and surgery is not possible, other treatments can help. Epilepsy surgery is mostly used when the seizure focus is located in the temporal lobe of the brain.
When seizures come from a single area of the brain (focal seizures), surgery to remove that area may stop future seizures or make them easier to control with medicine. Medicines work for about 2 in 3 people with epilepsy. A health care provider will change the amount of the medicine or prescribe a new drug if needed to find the best treatment plan. Anti-seizure drugs are medicines that limit the spread of seizures in the brain. The most common treatments for epilepsy are:
There are many things a provider and person with epilepsy can do to stop or lessen seizures.
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