Condition journey
Epilepsy
From a first seizure through diagnosis, medication and living well with epilepsy.
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Your epilepsy care team
These are the practitioners this condition can call for, from your everyday vet to specialists and therapists. Enter your postcode to see who's near you at each step.
- Your vet (primary care)
Veterinary neurologist ·Referral hospital
Emergency / out-of-hours vet
Understanding epilepsy
Reading from PetsLikeMineStage 1
When a seizure happens
- What a Seizure Actually Looks Like 10 min
- Seizure First Aid: What to Do and What Not to Do 9 min
- Is This an Emergency? Status Epilepticus and Cluster Seizures 10 min
- The Hours Afterwards: Understanding the Post-Ictal Phase 10 min
- How (and Why) to Film a Seizure for Your Vet 10 min
- What Seizures Look Like in Cats 10 min
Stage 2
What's causing the seizures?
- Why Epilepsy Is a "Diagnosis of Exclusion" 11 min
- Reactive, Structural and Idiopathic Seizures Explained 11 min
- The Diagnostic Workup: Bloods, MRI, CSF and What It Costs 11 min
- Idiopathic Epilepsy: Breeds, Genetics and Age of Onset 11 min
- When Your Vet Refers You to a Neurologist 12 min
- What Causes Seizures in Cats 11 min
Stage 3
The big decision: should we medicate?
Stage 4
Getting seizures under control
Stage 5
Living with epilepsy
- Keeping a Seizure Diary (and Why It Changes Your Vet Visits) 10 min
- Identifying and Managing Seizure Triggers 10 min
- Diet and Epilepsy: The Evidence for MCT and Ketogenic Diets 12 min
- CBD for Dogs With Epilepsy: What the Evidence Actually Says 12 min
- The Emotional Toll of Caring for a Pet With Epilepsy 11 min
- The Cost of Epilepsy and How Insurance Works 11 min
- Routine, Exercise and Quality of Life 11 min
- Can a Dog With Epilepsy Live a Normal Life? 10 min
Stage 6