I often hear patients complain that their illness has been seen for a long time and there will always be a recurrence, and they feel that the condition has recovered almost, and there has been no seizure for a long time, but occasionally I don't know why the condition has a sudden seizure, after investigation, it is found that some of these patients have stopped taking the drug because of the stable condition, thinking that the epilepsy has recovered very well, and not long after stopping the drug, the condition was suddenly discovered, and the confusion is why they have relapsed after they have recovered, whether the epilepsy can not be cured well？
In fact, the main reason for the recurrence of these patients' condition is that the patient stops taking the medicine without permission, and some patients may not understand or believe it. In fact, in the process of treatment, whether the patient has not had a seizure for three or five months or has not had a seizure for half a year, it does not mean that the disease has recovered well, it can only be said that the condition has been effectively controlled, and then it will develop in a better way.
In addition, in addition to causing the disease to have a seizure again, the patient after stopping the drug without permission will also make it more difficult to treat the disease, because the recovery of epilepsy must ensure that there is no seizure, if in the process of treatment, there has been no seizure for a year, and then the seizure does not take long after stopping the drug without permission, then the previous treatment will basically be abandoned halfway, and the treatment drug needs to be reformulated, because the epilepsy situation after the seizure may be different from before, and the previous treatment drug may not be able to suppress the seizure。
It can be seen that no matter when the epilepsy patient can not stop the drug privately, if the condition has been stabilized, to meet the requirements of drug reduction and drug withdrawal, then it is also necessary to carry out a re-examination, if the examination finds that all indicators are normal, then you can consider reducing the drug, and then gradually stop the drug. It is necessary to be cautious to reduce and stop the drug, because once the disease occurs, it will cause a great blow to the patient's confidence in treatment, and it is also very unfavorable for the later treatment, so the patient must put an end to the situation of self-discontinuation to avoid accidents.