Epilepsy is a complex brain disorder that is recurrent, sudden and variable. Regardless of whether it is treated with surgery or medication, regular follow-ups are needed. Keep your doctor informed (with medication) if seizures are still occurring after surgery? Has the EEG improved? When can the medication be stopped, etc., to help the patient better treatment. Many epilepsy patients only follow the doctor’s instructions to adhere to the medication, but do not regularly review. As a result, the seizures are controlled and they still insist on taking the medication, which has serious consequences and produces side effects of the medication. Either some patients think that the seizures are ineffective, and they reduce the medication and stop taking it on their own, which leads to recurrence of epilepsy, or even refractory epilepsy, which makes it more difficult to treat the disease. Either way, it will have a bad effect on the patient’s body. Then, what should be prepared for regular supervision after epilepsy surgery? Review after epilepsy surgical treatment: Review time: generally 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after surgery, respectively, to the epilepsy center for review. Review content: postoperative medication, postoperative seizures, head MRI and EEG, liver function and blood routine. Purpose of review: It helps the doctor to know whether the small amount of intracranial hemorrhage after surgery has been absorbed completely, whether the resection area has reached the preoperative expectation, and whether the electroencephalogram has improved. This will help the doctor to adjust the medication and adopt other therapeutic programs in a timely manner. After the postoperative review of the condition is more stable, usually only the EEG can be checked. Post-epilepsy medication review: Antiepileptic drugs need to be taken in small doses and slowly increased, and adjusted according to the patient’s condition. Review time: after the first diagnosis of epilepsy patients, the first 3 months after the start of treatment is more critical, 1 month before taking medication, 1 month after taking medication, 3 months, 6 months, you need to go to the hospital for review. 6 months later, if the condition is stabilized, the frequency of follow-up can be lowered, and you can review about 3-6 months, but if the condition fluctuates, you need to review the examination in time; unsatisfactory control of epilepsy, according to the doctor’s instructions Review, usually 1-3 months after adjusting the medication. Content of review: medication, seizure after medication, liver function and blood routine, electroencephalogram and so on. Purpose of the review: the doctor can grasp the effect of the anti-epileptic drugs taken by the patient and determine the appropriate dosage, and at the same time, find out the early adverse effects of some drugs and make timely and appropriate treatment (in case of emergency, the nearest treatment must be made). What kind of materials do epilepsy patients need to prepare for follow-up consultation? 1.Preparation materials for follow-up Bring all the information of previous visits, previous medical records and electroencephalograms, you can review the blood test and liver function in the local area, and you can’t check the blood concentration locally or come to the hospital for testing. 2.Reviews need to be provided by the patient’s condition information Seizures are recorded, including how many times the seizure, seizures have what triggers, how the seizure, seizure performance what looks like, there is no new form of seizures, etc., which is conducive to the doctor according to the specific circumstances of the adjustment of the treatment program. Especially for children with epilepsy, infants and young children do not know that they are having a seizure, and cannot tell the cause, signs, number of seizures, etc. Therefore, they need to be carefully observed by their parents, and preferably watched 24 hours a day. If they see transient dizziness or uncoordinated movements, especially seizures during sleep, they need to be paid more attention to them. (It is best to be able to record them in the form of a logbook.) 3. Problems of drug side effects Because the medication for epilepsy treatment lasts for a long period of time, some of the side effects of the medication are acute and appear early, such as rash, gastrointestinal reactions, dizziness, etc.; some of the side effects may be chronic, such as obesity, short-temperedness, shaking of the hands, and effects on liver function, etc., and the records of all these side effects have to be more explicit. 4.Prepare the questions you want to communicate with your doctor When you have a follow-up appointment, you can prepare the questions you want to communicate with your doctor in advance, such as women of childbearing age who want to solve the problems of pregnancy and childbirth or contraception, or who feel that the medication is more expensive and have financial problems, side effects of the medication, and so on, so you can prepare in advance and have effective communication at the time of the follow-up appointment. Regular follow-up appointments for patients with epilepsy are a responsible behavior both for the patient and his/her family. The medication is taken according to the dosage and accurately to prevent underdosing, omission and overdosing. Patients with poor efficacy should not change medication and dosage arbitrarily. Whether it is increasing or decreasing medication or adjusting the variety of medication, it should be done under the guidance of experienced specialists.