brain, spinal cord, and nerve disorders
Seizure Disorders
Prognosis for Seizure Disorders
With treatment, one third of people with epilepsy are free from seizures, and most become seizure-free shortly after starting treatment. In another third, seizures recur less than half as often as they did before treatment. If seizures are well-controlled with medications, about 60 to 70% of people can eventually stop taking antiseizure medications and remain seizure-free. Epileptic seizures are considered resolved when people have been seizure-free for 10 years and have not taken antiseizure medications for the last 5 years of that time period. 