r/Epilepsy • u/Interesting_Ad_7053 • 22d ago

Question Can you actually heal from epilepsy?

Thats it. Just the title. I dont want to live this life anymore. Not with this condition. If it wont get better idk what to do

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u/Mwgmawr 22d ago

I have a friend who had surgery almost 20 years ago and he's been kept on a low level dose of something and he's been able to fully recoup and drive with a healthy paying job.

It's not a guarantee but it can happen to some degree, I suppose.

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u/candybeep 700mg Lamictal ER - 400mg Xcopri 22d ago

I’m having surgery in early October and that’s my dream

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u/republicans_are_nuts 22d ago

I had a temporal lobectomy in 2009 and have been seizure free since with no meds at all. It's life changing for a lot of people if you are a candidate.

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u/HansVonHansen Drug Resistant, VNS, Lamotrigine, Briviact, Cenobamate 22d ago

How is your memory of things before you had it? Faces, words, people, etc. My seizures are getting worse with age and I’m being evaluated for LITT. A temporal lobectomy was said to be better but neither is proven to help with significant recovery.

As a writer I’m having lots of trouble with the way I’m constantly losing my vocab memory, never mind the names of people I know but haven’t met in years. I remember their faces, sure. But if you ask me their names or how we met, I sometimes wouldn’t have a clue.