If you have epilepsy or suspected epilepsy, you need to know how to tell your doctor about your condition, avoid misconceptions in your life, and stick to your medication even if you are having surgery. There are many types of epilepsy, and different types are treated differently, so family members’ accounts of the condition are especially critical to treatment. Therefore, it is important for family members to be “good talkers” when accompanying patients to the clinic. For example, the age of onset, frequency of seizures, and the presence or absence of aura. The family members should describe clearly the performance of the seizure, such as which side of the head, which side of the eyes to gaze, whether the limbs have twitching, if there is twitching on both sides the same? What is the posture of the limbs, and is there any stagnation in a very specific posture without moving. Is the patient repeatedly smacking his lips, swallowing, rubbing his hands, etc.? Are the seizures often during wakefulness or during sleep, and are they more frequent when just falling asleep or when waking up soon? Pay special attention to whether the patient has had encephalitis or febrile convulsions during the perinatal period or at birth. Also, there is no history of drug allergy, family epilepsy patients, etc. Before coming to see the doctor, it is best to bring original information. This includes EEG, laboratory tests and records of previous visits, not just the report card. The patient’s family should avoid the four misconceptions The current clinical situation is not only the disease that plagues our patients and families, but also some of the misconceptions circulating in life that overwhelm patients and families. There are four common misconceptions: EEG abnormalities are epilepsy; any convulsions must be epilepsy; seizures cause loss of consciousness; epilepsy is hereditary and not suitable for childbirth. It is important to understand these misconceptions so that the patient’s life will not be disrupted. EEG is significant for the diagnosis of epilepsy, but there are still 5-20% of patients who have seizures with no significant abnormalities on EEG, while there are others with abnormal EEG who never have seizures. Although convulsions are one of the major seizure symptoms, they are not unique to epilepsy. Pediatric febrile convulsions, hypoglycemic convulsions, and hysteria can cause convulsions, whereas epileptic disoriented seizures and demented laughing seizures do not have convulsions. The vast majority of seizures have loss of consciousness, but partial seizures, myoclonic seizures, and other seizures are clearly conscious or very short-lived. Very few epilepsies are hereditary, and most people with epilepsy are fertile. The most important thing to remember is that you can’t have any more surgery and you don’t need to take any more medication afterwards. The amount of anti-epileptic drugs should be strictly in accordance with medical advice, otherwise it may lead to recurrence of epilepsy. The total efficiency of epilepsy surgery (i.e., the rate of complete disappearance of seizures after surgery) is about 60-70% according to regular epilepsy centers around the world. Some patients may be considered for re-evaluation of surgery if the surgical result is not good. At the same time, the site of epilepsy surgery may be located in an important functional area of the brain, and postoperative limb and language dysfunction, intracranial hematoma, etc. may occur, although the probability is low.