Treatment of temporal lobe
epilepsy may include:
- Avoid alcohol.
- Avoid caffeine.
- Get plenty of rest.
- Ketogenic diet for seizures:
- For children with severe temporal lobe epilepsy
- Medications for temporal lobe epilepsy:
- Vagus nerve stimulation implant:
- Also known as a VNS implant
- Approved for partial seizures in adults and children who cannot be controlled with medications
- Sends small electrical impulses to the brain via the vagus nerve, which starts at the base of the brain, travels through the neck, and then into the abdomen.
- Impulses are delivered every few minutes
- The implant is usually placed below the collarbone
- Thin wires are threaded into the vagus nerve in the neck
- About 2 out of every 3 people who have a VNS implant experience some improvement.
- Temporal lobectomy for temporal lobe epilepsy:
- Surgery to remove the temporal lobe of the brain
- May be used for those with severe epilepsy who do not respond to medications
- Seizures clinical trials
