Mr N is our oldest son. At the writing of this page, he is 15 years old (updated last age 20). When he was age 5, I witnessed an atonic seizure which lead to him being diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy.
Here is a post in which I described all that happened:
Mr N's Epilepsy Diagnosis
It was a very young age to be diagnosed with that particular type of epilepsy, but fortunately he had had the best case scenario. Medication worked immediately and controlled all seizures for years. Age 12, he was taken off all medications and he did fine. Age 13, a few teachers did mention that they wonder if it wasn't time to repeat the EEG, but we were a bit stubborn and believed he is still doing fine.
Age 15, I noticed an absent seizure, and when a teacher mentioned seeing something like an absent seizure as well, I made an appointment with a neurologist for him. We did not go back to his previous pediatric neurologist, because he's a very busy doctor and it takes about 5-6 months to get into this doctor. Mr N was 15 and old enough to see a "normal" neurologist.
The appointment is described in this post:
It's back
Mr N reacted as well to the meds age 15 as he did age 5. Age 20, the neurologist upped his dosage again, and it worked immediately and well. I guess this spells out what the future holds for him. It's not something that he will now "outgrow" any longer. He's accepting though, as he is now mature enough to understand the benefits of taking his meds, and the effects when he doesn't.
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