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Take control of your epilepsy and seizures. Seizure management has never been easier.
TAKE CONTROL TODAYPrint out this handy checklist (PDF)
People who have seizures that persist or continue despite treatment will be faced with different challenges that can affect many aspects of their lives. Here is where the patient role as advocate becomes crucial. You (and your family in some situations) must take a central role in your care and make sure that your doctors understand what is going on. Then you and your doctors and other members of your health care team can work together to help you control your seizures and achieve your goals. If you're not getting 'success', meaning that you are still having seizures, side effects or just not making progress on your goals, then it's time to ask for more help.
Keep in mind that managing seizures is more than just controlling seizures. You'll also want to make sure you know how to manage your medicines, lifestyle, safety, and stress for example. Seizures and their treatment may also affect your physical health or other conditions and you'll need to understand how to prevent complications. You'll need to find and manage lots of information and figure out how it relates to you. Beyond seizures are the social factors that affect your quality of life and at some point you'll want help understanding these and how to find the right resources.
Managing continued or uncontrolled seizures will start with your neurologist, but you may also need other health care specialists as well as professionals or resources in your community.
Tips for managing continued seizures:
Topic Editor: Patricia O. Shafer, RN, MN. and Steven C. Schachter, MD
Last Reviewed: 7/28/08
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