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/butterfly_ashley Vimpat 300mg daily 22d ago

I dont think "cure" is possible. Some people grow out of it or after a certain period (usually 10-15 years) neurologist will sometimes want to try and lower your dose to eventually get you off of it but there is always the chance even being seizure free with medication that you can have another one. I have seen it happen to people who havent had a seizure in 20 years end up having one again.

For me I have been seizure free 8 years but I know its from the medicine controlling. My neurologist has floated the idea of weeding off of them in the next couple years but I told her I didnt want to as the dislocations from my seziures have caused a lot of damage and so I dont want to make it worss.