Epilepsy Advocate
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How many seizures a year do you consider tolerable?

Work With Your Specialist

Your approach to managing your epilepsy should be to form a partnership with your neurologist or epileptologist, just as you do with others at work and in your social and family relationships. Be an active member of your partnership with your doctor: ask questions, take your epilepsy medication as prescribed, and continue to learn what you can do to help yourself. By actively communicating with your doctors, you can play a more significant role in the control of your epilepsy.

Advocates Speak Out on Working With a Specialist

  • Lydia S.

    "Finally I got what I needed, after seeing 4 or 5 doctors."

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  • Lydia S.

    "We both have the same goal, which is finding a medication that's going to help me find a way to actually enjoy my hobbies and life itself."

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  • Kevin E.

    "Finding and being more comfortable with my doctors took some time."

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  • Greg G.

    "I've got to make the decision as a parent, and I need to seek out better treatment."

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  • Greg G.

    "I encourage people to go to a pediatric neurologist who specializes in epilepsy."

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  • Carie W.

    "If you have epilepsy, seek someone out who specializes in that area."

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  • Andrea H.

    "Work with your doctor to find the best way to live with epilepsy."

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  • Andrea H.

    "I knew I had a problem. I went to my GP and he recommended that I see a neurologist!"

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