| Dostoevsky suffered seizures all his life and his writing records the intensity of epilepsy. |
| One third or more of menstrual cycles in women with generalized seizures are anovulatory. |
| For decades children were given long term anticonvulsant drugs to prevent the recurrence of febrile seizures. |
| Additionally, muscle relaxants and benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or propofol may be administered to control seizures. |
| Occasionally, mild clonic seizures occur, but a seizure work-up is not indicated unless other signs point in this direction. |
| In the 20th century, physicians administered electroshock therapy or injected high doses of insulin to induce seizures. |
