Epilepsy Patient's Testimonies Scientific Evidence Comments Epilepsy is a neurological condition which affects approximately 1 in 100 people.
Epilepsy is as individual as the people who have it and everyone has their own patterns of seizures.
There are sometimes triggers for seizures such as sleep loss, low blood sugar, stress or even boredom. Some common causes of epilpsy include head trauma, birth injury, hormonal imbalances, and viral attacks. Some kinds of epilepsy can be well controlled by anti-convulsant drugs, but a few forms do not react well to these. Other occasional effects include uncontrollable rapid eye movements, loss of motor co-ordination, coma and even death. Cannabis has long been known to have anti-convulsant properties, and these were investigated in the 19th Century.