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About 20years ago I had brain surgery . Overall it went well . They had to be cautious, because my seizures are in around and near my speech, language and memory centers. They were able to remove a good amount. I still have seizures, but my seizure frequency reduced from severe to mild and moderate seizures.

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The surgeries just help possibly becoming seizures free . That’s no guarantee. It can also help reduce your seizure frequency and have a possible chance of seizure control. Maybe less meds. No matter how your surgery turns out you’ll still have to stay on your meds

I was on several medications from 1998 to 2012. They helped but never stopped the seizures. I would have one day a month of seizures. My neurologist often suggested surgery. In 2012 my seizures got worse so I decided to look into brain surgery. I had scar tissue on my brain. I had to go and have testing done to see if my seizures were coming from that part of my brain and they were. So on December 26, 2012 I had brain surgery. I was on 5 seizure medicines. After a year of being seizure free the doctor slowly started taking me off some of my meds. He told me he wanted to keep me on 1 med to be on the safe side, because it could be the surgery that stoped my seizures or the combination of meds and the surgery. It has been 7 years and I am still seizure free. I think at least looking into the surgery and seeing if that is a even an option for you might be a good first step.

Thank you for all the detailed responses :) very useful and it will really give me a better perspective of what to expect and gives me ideas on what questions to ask my doctor before committing to anything!

I did have a right lobectomy surgery done in Dec. 2012. As of June 2013. I've been Seizure Free! I was having seizures since I was 6 months old. Had my surgery done. 11 days before my 40th birthday. 🙂 It was a hard decision to make. But, I'm happy not having any seizures since my surgery. Having seizures weekly. Wasn't fun to experience.