Can you drive with epilepsy?

Driving is generally not recommended for epilepsy. Epilepsy due to its onset of time uncertainty, in addition, driving on the road may be strong sound and light stimulation, which is easy to induce seizures, easy to cause car accidents, not only threaten their own life safety, but also may affect the lives of others, as well as the safety of public property, so it is not recommended to epilepsy driving. In addition, epilepsy can not engage in dangerous activities such as climbing mountains and working at heights. Most epilepsies can be effectively controlled or cured after systematic and standardized drug treatment, and those with ineffective drug treatment can try surgical treatment, such as lesion resective surgery or other surgical treatments. Regardless of medication or surgical resection treatment, after treatment the patient is seizure-free for a long time and the EEG shows no abnormality, such patients can be considered to drive on the road. Epilepsy should be treated with regular antiepileptic therapy, and after epilepsy is cured, the patient should be evaluated by a specialist to see if he or she can drive on the road.