State the diagnosis of epilepsy

A diagnosis of epilepsy is usually confirmed by an EEG. In some epileptics, however, seizures are difficult to demonstrate in this way, except under special circumstances (for example, in an EEG recorded during sleep). Several schemes for classifying epilepsy have been published through the years. Four commonly recognised types of seizures are:

i) focal seizures,

ii) generalised seizures, and

iii) akinetic and

iv) myoclonic seizures