Keeping a seizure diary

A seizure diary is a good way of recording information about your epilepsy.

Woman updating her seizure diary on a tablet

For example you can use it to make a note of:

You can share your seizure diary with medical professionals such as your family doctor, epilepsy specialist or epilepsy nurse. This can help you and the medical professional to have a two way conversation about what, if anything, needs to happen next in your treatment.

Seizure diary

Diaries on your smartphone

You might like to have your seizure diary as a smartphone app:

Epilepsy Ireland has a new smartphone seizure diary app for people with epilepsy and parents of children with epilepsy.

Epilepsy Foundation (USA) also has smartphone seizure diary app.

Published: April 2020
Last modified: March 2024
To be reviewed: April 2023
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