Managing Your Epilepsy

Epilepsy.com offers ways to learn critical information, skills and resources that will help you manage seizures and epilepsy more easily.

We know that living with epilepsy is more than just knowing your type of seizures or what medicine to take. People must learn how to respond to seizures in a variety of situations -- and be prepared to handle whatever comes your way. Living with seizures also means learning how to handle the way epilepsy affects your life including your social, emotional and physical well-being.

The best way to manage your seizures is to take a practical approach emphasizing preparation, prevention, and teamwork.

Management Tools

A number of forms are available to help you manage seizures. Download or print them off here.

• Seizure Action Plan (General, English, Fillable)
• My Health Care Team
• My Medicine Schedule
• Tips Seizure Observation Recording
• Instructions Using Seizure Calendar
• Seizure Calendar
• My Seizure Event Diary
• My To Do List
• Questions For My Health Care Team
• Lifestyle Modifications Tips
• My Camp Check List
• My Camp Medical Supplement (fillable)

Webinar Recording

On February 27, 2019, Elaine Kiriakopoulos MD, MSc, talked with Alison Pack MD, MPH, and Alison Kukla MPH on a webinar entitled, "#KnowYourEpilepsy." They discussed how to build your knowledge about your epilepsy and improve your ability to make better decisions about managing your seizures.