Under what circumstances can people with epilepsy stop taking their medication?

  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