If your child has been diagnosed with epilepsy, you may be concerned that it will be a lifelong condition. But research shows that’s not the case.

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes recurrent seizures and can significantly impact an individual's quality of life. Anticonvulsant medications don’t control seizures well for about one-third of patients with epilepsy.

Question: What foods are good to eat for people with epilepsy? Answer from Olga Taraschenko, MD, board-certified neurologist.

Epilepsy is an unpredictable and often misunderstood disease. When the condition isn’t controlled, seizures can happen at any time and disrupt your life, relationships and wellbeing.

It was March 6, 1998, my freshman year of high school. My childhood dream had come true, and I was just finishing my first season on the high school basketball team. On the way home from school that day, I was in a car accident with four of my girlfriends. An ambulance rushed me to the hospital, I was unresponsive. 

Epilepsy commonly occurs in two groups: children born with the disease and adults who develop it due to degenerative diseases or trauma. Learn more.

Treatment and management of epilepsy continues to improve. With the right diagnosis and treatment, most patients can live a normal life.