Self-control of epileptic seizures by nonpharmacological strategies

Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B
Iliana KotwasJean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi

Abstract

Despite the unpredictability of epileptic seizures, many patients report that they can anticipate seizure occurrence. Using certain alert symptoms (i.e., auras, prodromes, precipitant factors), patients can adopt behaviors to avoid injury during and after the seizure or may implement spontaneous cognitive and emotional strategies to try to control the seizure itself. From the patient's view point, potential means of enhancing seizure prediction and developing seizure control supports are seen as very important issues, especially when the epilepsy is drug-resistant. In this review, we first describe how some patients anticipate their seizures and whether this is effective in terms of seizure prediction. Secondly, we examine how these anticipatory elements might help patients to prevent or control their seizures and how the patient's neuropsychological profile, specifically parameters of perceived self-control (PSC) and locus of control (LOC), might impact these strategies and quality of life (QOL). Thirdly, we review the external supports that can help patients to better predict seizures. Finally, we look at nonpharmacological means of increasing perceived self-control and achieving potential reduction of seizure frequency (i.e....Continue Reading

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May 12, 2017·Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B·Iliana KotwasJean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi
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May 1, 2019·Current Psychiatry Reports·Coraline HingrayJean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi
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