Can I outgrow epilepsy?

Can I outgrow epilepsy?

Charles Ribak, Ph.D. (Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UC Irvine School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: If I have one seizure, will I definitely have another?; Is there a cure for epilepsy?; What are the surgical treatments for epilepsy? and more...

There are certain types of epilepsy that one can have during childhood, such as a febrile seizure. You could have multiple febrile seizures. It's possible that, when the person gets a little older, they stop having seizures altogether and they never have a seizure. So in that case, that individual has outgrown their epilepsy.