Emily Stanley | Three couples share their good times and tough times navigating the challenges of epilepsy together. With St Valentine as the patron saint of epilepsy, it would be remiss of us not to ...

Purple Day is the internationally recognised epilepsy awareness day, and it falls on 26th March. Every year, thousands of amazing people come together to raise money and help make a difference for ...

We know that for some people with epilepsy, cannabis-based medicines can be effective in controlling seizures. We are campaigning for more research into cannabis-based medicines as well as for more ...

Medical cannabis is legal in the UK. This means that in some circumstances, specialist doctors may prescribe it to treat epilepsy. On this page, we talk about the different types of medical cannabis ...

The ketogenic diet, or ketogenic diet therapy, is sometimes used as a treatment for epilepsy. For some children and adults, the ketogenic diet helps to control their seizures. There are different ...

What is an MRI scan? MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. The MRI scan uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create images (pictures) of tissues, organs and other structures inside ...

Tonic-clonic seizures are the type of epileptic seizure most people recognise. In the past they were called grand-mal seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures can have a generalised onset, meaning they affect ...

Tonic seizures can be generalised onset, meaning they affect both sides of the brain from the start. Or they can be focal onset, meaning they start in just one side of the brain. If a tonic seizure ...

Epilepsy surgery is a treatment option for some people with seizures that can’t be controlled by taking epilepsy medicines. There are different types of brain surgery that can be used to treat ...

Having epilepsy comes with certain risks. Although it rarely happens, it’s important to know about the risk of dying from epilepsy. On this page we talk about why epilepsy can sometimes be a cause of ...

For some people, drinking alcohol is a big part of their social life. This page is to help you understand how alcohol could affect you and your epilepsy. Drinking alcohol can affect your epilepsy, so ...

Status epilepticus is when a seizure lasts a long time or when you have one seizure after another without recovering in between. For some people who are at high risk, status epilepticus emergency ...