He is taking Dilantin to control the seizure activity. The latest incident occurred yesterday while we were outside gardening. Prior to that, the last seizure was in early December. Any suggestions or information would be appreciated. There are several seizure patterns based on the location of the underlying abnormality and the spread of discharges over the brain.
Epilepsy is defined as the tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures.
This is a chronic condition for which long-term medication is often warrented. There is no way to predict when a seizure will occur. There is a lower seizure threshold in patients who become acutely ill, sleep deprived, fail to take meds regularly. Dilantin is a popular medication used to treat epilepsy. Exluding all factors above, the dilatinin level should be followed every couple of months.