Maintaining an epilepsy diary is a very effective way for seizure management. The information which can be documented there is seizure type, the frequency, and duration. Some patients, they have multiple seizure types, so identifying which one is common can be helpful to curve the treatment accordingly. It can be helpful to document the seizure medication, its dosing, if there were any changes made in existing medication dosing, or if there are any new medication added there, did it help in decreasing the frequency and duration of the seizure. Those things can be tracked.
Females of childbearing age can track their menstrual cycle and identify if their seizures are getting more frequent around that time so that that can be helpful for physician to plan treatment accordingly for them. Documenting any lifestyle modification around the seizure time, like missing dose of seizure medication, or stress, or sleep deprivation can be helpful for understanding their triggers. So those are the things which they can document to help the physician planning their epilepsy treatment.
