What is your goal for seizure management?

For most people, getting rid of seizures, or at least having less seizures is number one. However, seizures can affect the quality of your life, and that of your family’s, in many ways that can be even more problematic than the seizures at times!

Since your goals may be quite different from someone else's, it's important to think carefully about what you want and hope to achieve. To begin setting goals, ask yourself the following questions. Write down your answers and share them with your health care team. They may influence what treatments you try, or what other help you may need.

• What is my goal for seizure management?
• How important is it for me to have…
  • No seizures
  • No side effects of treatment
• What would I like to have change in my daily life?
  (for example, get a job, drive a car, go to school, feel less depressed, remember more easily)
• What would I like to see changed to improve my family’s life?
  (for example, feel less dependent, be less of a 'burden', family worry less, less health care expenses)

Topic Editor: Steven C. Schachter, MD and Patricia O. Shafer, RN, MN.
Last Reviewed:5/25/07

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