If you want to drive a car, you must not have any seizures for six months. Therefore, if your seizures are not completely controlled, it is advisable to have your doctor consult with a Neurologist. Their are a dozen medicines available to treat Epilepsy. You may have to try them all to find which works best on your seizures. The newest medicine is not always the best.
Some treatments become more or less popular as new drugs are introduced.
Recently, the ketogenic diet has been publicized. The ketogenic diet is very high in fat. It works only on some rare types of Epilepsy and should be prescribed only by a team of physicians and dieticians. Advanced treatments for Epilepsy include brain surgery, vagal nerve stimulation and seizure medicines which are not yet available to the public. These treatments can be found at an Epilepsy Center.