Epilepsy apps

Keeping a record of your seizures and tracking your anti-epileptic medication can be helpful in managing your epilepsy. This can be done in many ways such as keeping a paper diary, a computer-based diary and marking the calendar or, more recently with the use of seizure-tracking apps on mobile phones.
The tool you choose should be easily accessible so that you can use it on a regular basis, and one that you can easily share with your health care provider.

App name		App features	Clinical score
Epilepsy Journal app		Seizure tracking Medication tracking Reports for sharing Record seizures with one click as they happen Available from Google Play Cost: free Read more about Epilepsy Journal app
Reviewed apps that are no longer available Epilepsy Tool Kit app

Tips on using your seizure diary

• Ask your doctor or nurse what information is most important for you to track, what would help your health care team and what information do you need?
• When you change medicines, make sure you write down when you do this.
• It is also helpful to write down when you use an ‘as needed’ medicine or treatment and any effect it has, so you can see if it worked as expected.
• To track any triggers or patterns, decide what you are interested in finding out more about and write down when the trigger or pattern occurs.
• To monitor side effects of medicines or changes in your mood, write down if these happen and when they occur, such as after which medicine, and the time of day.

Read more on self-care you can do if you have epilepsy.

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References

The following references relate to articles about apps for epilepsy

1. Pandher PS, Bhullar KK. Smartphone applications for seizure management(external link). Health Informatics J. 2016 Jun;22(2):209-20.