Click Here to Visit our Sponsor FREE HealthBoards. I understand your displeasure with taking anticonvulsants for the rest of your life. I feel the same way but anticonvulsants are far and away the most effective method of preventing seizures. Going without medication is very likely a dangerous thing to do.
Scar tissue can form over time giving a physical reason for more seizures.
Anticonvulsants help protect against the kindling effect. I would be highly suspicious of anyone suddenly living a seizure free life after years of epilepsy without taking an anticonvulsant. Please research this very carefully. I feel the same way but anticonvulsants are far and away the most effective method of preventing seizures. Going without medication is very likely a dangerous thing to do.