Do you get epilepsy for the rest of your life once you get it?

Answer 1

Not necessarily. You can get seizures for a wide variety of reasons, so a lot of it will depend on what is the cause. Many people have seizures when they are children which stop when they are older. People might get seizures after suffering a head injury. These might stop after a while as they recover. Other people may have some permanent damage to their brain, like a scar, and may have seizures for the rest of their lives. Some people will get one seizure and never have one again. Epilepsy is when someone has recurring seizures, so a person who only has one does not really have Epilepsy. Anyone can have a seizure at any time in their life. People can have Epilepsy but have it controlled well by medication and so rarely get seizures as long as they are on the medication. They may have to stay on it for the rest of their lives, but they might not get many seizures.

So you see there are a lot of factors to be considered when it comes to how long someoene will have seizures for. Each individual is different. Only a good doctor can answer that question for any particular individual. For some, they will have it for the rest of their life and others won't.

Answer 2

Not necessarily. Many children grow out of epilepsy. People can experience epilepsy for a short period and it then stops. Some people will have it for their lifetime. Epilepsy has many different forms and causes, so you would have to know more about what they are for a particular individual, before a prognosis could be made, and even then it is not easy to be certain.

Answer 3

Not necessarily. It depends on the nature and cause of the epilepsy. It could be short lived or it could be for life. Even someone who has epilepsy for life can have it controlled by medication, so that it doesn't pose a major problem. Each case is different. A person would need to talk to their doctor about all of this.