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Hi Chris, now that you mention it - yes, my executive function was affected, particularly in the weeks prior to the tonic clonic that led to my diagnosis. My doctors have not mentioned “executive function” as an issue to me but your description sounds like something I have experienced on some level. In the weeks before my first (and only so far) tonic clonic seizure, I noted that I had trouble remembering things. I feel like the memories are there, but the index to them is broken, damaged, or missing. Another way to describe it is as if you have a notebook that you use to keep track of things to do. Except the notebook becomes increasingly smaller, then just scattered pieces of paper, smaller and smaller in size, until all you have is a jumble of papers with no order, and no ability to find any one piece of information. I’m currently on Vimpat which does not fully control my seizures - I have had a number of focal seizures since - but it has prevented the seizures from going global. I will be switching to Briviact soon in hopes it controls all seizure activity better. I’m starting my second year with Epilepsy. I keep track of all seizure activity on a spreadsheet, so far just over a dozen, most since starting Vimpat. Hopefully Briviact works better for me. All the best to all!