1. Is it possible to stop the medication on your own in the following cases?  If you are worried about side effects: No. You have not had a seizure for a long time: No. You have found an “ancestral recipe”: No. You are planning to get pregnant: No. You think you are cured: No. You have found an alternative treatment to antiepileptic drugs: No. 2. Only epilepsy that is clearly diagnosed as curable or self-healing can be reduced or stopped under the guidance of a doctor. Only those epilepsy that is clearly diagnosed as curable or self-healing can be reduced or stopped under the guidance of a doctor