Individualized Treatment for Managing Epilepsy

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 3.4 million people in the United States live with epilepsy. A chronic condition of recurring seizures, it is the fourth most common neurological disease.

To address the need for epilepsy care on the Eastside, the Overlake Neuroscience Institute now provides advanced care and monitoring by neurologists specially trained in epilepsy (also called epileptologists).

Unlike stroke, which is a loss of brain function, a seizure is caused by excessive brain activity. Our brains generate electrical signals that control our emotions, senses and body functions. Seizures occur when abnormal electrical impulses occur. Seizing can happen anywhere in the brain and affects the area of the body that part of the brain controls.