This hub covers epilepsy comorbidities, which are the other conditions that often show up alongside seizures (like ADHD, anxiety, depression, autism, and sleep issues). Plain-language research takeaways for families.
Often both. Shared brain networks, stress, sleep disruption, and medication effects can all contribute.
Track timing: New symptoms after med changes or dose increases may point to side effects.
If school is hard, attention/memory changes, or there’s concern about learning, yes, it can guide supports.
Sometimes. Improving sleep and stress can reduce seizure susceptibility in some people.
This study looked at how often antipsychotic medicines were prescribed to children and teens with epilepsy in Uganda, and which medicines were used together.
This study looked at whether physical frailty was associated with a higher chance of developing epilepsy later on.
This study looked at children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) who had epilepsy surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital between 1993 and 2022.
This study looked at how common neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and sleep conditions were, alone and in combination, among children with “active” epilepsy.
This study was a systematic review with meta-analysis.
This paper was a scoping review, which means the authors gathered and mapped existing research rather than testing one treatment.
This study evaluated whether the Persian version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E) is a valid and reliable tool for screening for depression in adolescents with epilepsy.
This study looked at how low-grade epilepsy-associated brain tumors (LEATs) are currently managed across Europe.
This paper combined results from 10 randomized controlled trials that tested educational programs for children with epilepsy and/or their parents or caregivers.