Abstract
Adolescence includes phases of both significant social role shifts and
biological growth, both of which have evolved over the previous 100 years. A
relatively prevalent neurologic condition throughout adolescence is epilepsy. Growth,
hormonal, psychological, and social circumstances all undergo significant change
during adolescence. It can be extremely challenging for many young women with
epilepsy to manage the developmental and emotional challenges of adolescence while
still having to deal with the reality of seizures, medication, stigma, and restriction.
These young women's everyday functioning and quality of life are further impacted by
the additional load of comorbidities like depression. It is crucial to spend time with
these teenagers discussing the effects of epilepsy and giving them the information and
resources they need to succeed in regaining their confidence and control over their
lives. Teenagers frequently struggle to embrace the chronic nature of their epilepsy and
to take their medications as prescribed, which can lead to bodily harm and real or
imagined barriers to employment and lower morale. Additionally, it was discovered
that children and teenagers with epilepsy are more likely to exhibit depressive and
anxious symptoms. Additionally, teenagers also suffer from other neurological
disorders that are common but less reported, like multiple sclerosis. The aim of this
chapter is to focus on some of the neurological diseases that are present mainly in the
adolescent period mainly epilepsy and some other neurological diseases.