Approximately 50 - 60% of people diagnosed with epilepsy can become seizure free with after using the first seizure medication tried.
Within this group, many will never have any more seizures.
Here's some factors that may improve the chance of being seizure free in people who are newly diagnosed with seizures:
- Having a good response to the first 1 or 2 seizure medications tried. This means that seizures do not recur and the person is seizure free.
- No brain injury or abnormality
- A normal neurological exam and EEG
- No family history of epilepsy
Hope that helps!
