Medication: Anti-Epileptic (AED) drugs prevent the tendency of developing ‘electrical storms’ and consequently reduce the occurrence of seizures. It is important to maintain a relatively constant amount of drugs in the bloodstream throughout the day and night. Missed dose will reduce the level of medication in the blood and can result in more seizures. The same amount therefore must be taken each day although the exact time is not so important. You should discuss this in detail with your Doctor.

Surgery: If epilepsy does not respond to AEDs, surgical treatment may sometimes be appropriate by removing the part of the brain that is believed to be causing the epileptic activity, for example a scarred hippocampus.
Neurosurgery is not used to cure the epilepsy, but to improve the severity or frequency of the seizures by decreasing the ability of seizures to spread. You should discuss this in detail with your Doctor.

Vagal nerve stimulation for those with drug-resistant epilepsy. This does not involve an operation on the brain, but instead a stimulator (like a pace-maker) is placed under the skin on the left side of the chest and stimulates the vagus nerve in the neck. This form of treatment does not usually cure the epilepsy, but can reduce seizure frequency and severity. You should discuss this in detail with your Doctor.

Complementary treatment:

• Ketogenic diet: is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet, which has been used since the 1920s for the treatment of epilepsy, mostly in children. It is only considered where medication has been ineffective.
• Relaxation, yoga, aromatherapy, acupuncture and homeopathy: None of the complementary treatments have been shown conclusively to work alone. It should therefore not be used as an alternative to conventional treatments, but as an addition. You should discuss this in detail with your Doctor.