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When to Start and Stop Anticonvulsant Therapy in Children Arch Neurol 56:1073-1077, Greenwood,R.S.&Tennison,M.B., 1999 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Together, the physician and family should weigh the risks and benefits of treatment against the risks and benefits of withholding or stopping therapy. Antiepileptic drug treatment should be withheld from most children until they have had a second seizure. Most children who receive antiepileptic drug treatment should attempt to taper their medications after 2 years without seizures.

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