Citation

Kang JY, Mintzer S. Curr. Neurol. Neurosci. Rep. 2016; 16(9): e80.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, 901 Walnut Street, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11910-016-0677-y

PMID

27443647

Abstract

Driving restrictions in people with epilepsy (PWE) is a highly contentious topic. The fundamental difficulty lies in achieving a balance between safety and practicality. The aim of this review is to provide an overview, history, and rationale behind current laws regarding driving restriction in PWE. We also discuss recent findings that may be helpful to practitioners during individual discussions with PWE including seizure recurrence risk after first seizure, recurrent seizure, and anticonvulsant withdrawl and driving restrictions in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES).

Language: en