I love my meds, they keep me safe. Phenobarbital is no longer used as much and it does have side effects, but it keeps me from having seizures. I do have an occ breakthrough seizure. I am also taking Lamotrigine.

The pros of the meds is that they keep me controlled when working properly. The cons of the meds are the side effects of the meds.
As far as positives of my epilepsy is that it brought me closer to God. It also taught me how to adapt & deal w/ the unexpected / adverse situations. The cons, more so nowadays, are how it effects others & the various reactions of others to it.

Pros for me would be that they have multiple options for drugs that can help or prevent u from having seizures; cons are that some of them have bad side effects such as Dilation and that I had to stop working early on due to my epilepsy and that I know longer get to interact with the public because of it and not that many ppl want to always come to my place if they want to see me.

I took mine but went to another country and it's a different mixture so the effects are different. Focal has most of the same issues from each individual. Mine help at a low dose until I moved.