What cause epilepsy?What are the treatments?

Idiopathic :Due to inherited constitutional tendency to seizures
Symptomatic: 1. Due to increased intra cranial pressure due to various causes Tumor ,hydrocephalus etc.
2.Infections affecting Brain and its coverings, AIDS,
3.Injury to head .
4.Cerebrovascular diseases,
5,Congenital disorders of the brain and cerebral dysgenesis,
6.Degenerations of the brain parts.
7When the brain does not get sufficient oxygen
8.Alcohol, drugs and Metabolic disturbances
( You have to exclude hysteria and syncope)
Treatment: General Hygiene and Diet, Drugs,
The treatment should be planned according to the individual, and should be maintained.Sometimes according to the cause surgery may be required. Treatment may fail due to 1.Poor compliance, presence of psychological problems etc.; etc.. Th person should be managed socially and psychologically also.

I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 22. I seen 2 regular Epilepsy Drs and then moved to a 3rd because I started getting worse. I found out that the siezures came from a scar on my brain and it started also because of the long hours I was working. I "donated" myself to my last Dr and started trying new meds that came out because I grew immune to others I was on. It ended up that I had my brain operation in 1998 and luckily I am still siezure free yet ,but will remain on meds for the rest of my life.