Hi @santosha i too thought I would be able to get off all the meds seeing as the damaged spot was now removed. My family doctor gets all the information and explained that although I don’t have any seizures EEG (post surgery) still indicates a presence of activity so they keep me on meds. My guess is while the surgery removes all the sclerosis; the surgery itself leaves behind an imperfect area that could be responsible for future activity.
Regarding the meds: when this recurrence of seizures began (age 49). With each seizure (3 over 3 month period), the neurologist upped my tegretol levels. I was seizure free for 6 months prior to my surgery. All that to say, I was and still am taking the highest level I’ve ever taken. But, and this is a surprise to me, my mental clarity, memory improvements and mental processes speed happened despite the meds. Which proved to me the meds, while they are at first taken feel doping, I believe I became accustomed to them and they proved not to be the mental detriment I thought they were.