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Do you know your seizure type?

Do you have epileptic or psychogenic seizures? Learn more about the optimal therapy for your seizures.

Optimal therapy through optimal diagnostics

Optimal therapy is only possible if the correct seizure type is known.

Treatment options for epileptic seizures

Tablets and capsules – epilepsy treatment with medication

Medication

Information on epilepsy treatment with anti-seizure medications

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Surgical team during an operation – epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy surgery

Information on epilepsy surgery and operable lesions such as FCDs

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Head silhouette with a brain symbol – stimulation therapies VNS and DBS

Stimulation therapies

Information on the stimulation therapies VNS and DBS

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Treatment options for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)

In PNES, the treatment options for epileptic seizures – anti-seizure medications, epilepsy surgery and stimulation therapies – do not work. Behavioral therapy measures help instead.

Woman breathing consciously with her hand on her chest – acute measures for PNES

Examples of acute measures

  • Ammonia inhalant ampoule
  • Tar ointment
  • Cold pack
  • Slowed, deepened breathing (German: Atemtiefsetzung, ATS)
Woman practicing yoga cross-legged – preventive measures for PNES

Examples of preventive measures

  • Progressive muscle relaxation according to Jacobson (PMR)
  • Yoga
  • Slowed, deepened breathing (German: Atemtiefsetzung, ATS)

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