Safety and Seizures

Safety Tips -- Daily Living

The following text offers a menu of safety tips that may reduce the risk of injury during or following a seizure.

As you go through the menu, remember that people with frequent seizures that affect consciousness and happen without warning are most likely to find these suggestions helpful.

Some people with epilepsy will not need (or want) to make any of these modifications to their lives.

We hope you will select from the menu only those tips that seem to balance your safety concerns with the way you want to live your life.

Disclaimer

This information is based on common experience. It does not reflect the level of risk or need for safety measures of any individual. People vary in their need for safety measures and readers with seizures are warned not to base lifestyle changes on this material without first consulting a physician.