If you want to fly and you have uncontrolled seizures, it’s really a good idea to let the airline know. They might make some changes to help you. For example, they might let you sit in an aisle seat, in case you have a seizure.

Remember that long flights and travelling across time zones might disturb your eating and sleeping patterns. This can increase the risk of seizures.

It’s important to make sure that you would be covered by travel insurance if you had an accident or needed treatment connected to your epilepsy. Check out our website for some advice and recommendations about travel insurance.

When you go on holiday, make sure that you have enough anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) with you to last the whole trip. Keep the drugs in their original packaging and take a copy of your prescription with you. This will prove to customs officials that they aren’t illegal drugs.

There may be a problem f you live in the UK and you are going to be out of the country for more than three months. You may not be able to take enough AEDs with you. Visit the pages ‘Getting supplies of AEDs outside the UK‘ on our main website, to find out how you can get hold of more supplies.