Local Services eNewsletter Signup Special Initiatives National Campaign for Women's Health Epilepsy and seizures affect women in unique ways throughout their reproductive lives. New research, including some supported by the Epilepsy Foundation, is showing that the same monthly hormonal cycles that begin in puberty and end at menopause can be affected by seizures. Fertility and reproductive health may also be affected. In addition, changes in hormone levels may make seizures more likely for some women at specific times of the month. This is a whole new area of epilepsy research and more is being learned every day.
New knowledge has the potential for better treatments.
Yet there are still many unanswered questions and little awareness of these issues among women or their doctors.