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A 43-year-old female, was suffering from with frequent episodes of seizures without loss of consciousness. She was clinically diagnosed with Simple Partial Seizure, and started conventional medicines. In spite of this, the clinical condition progressed to Complex partial seizures over a period of 7 months. She developed associated symptoms like heavy mood swings, sleep disturbances, and headache, and so, she was prescribed psychiatric medicines. The patient was reluctant to take these medicines and opted for Ayurvedic management. The patient approached Dr Govind Narayanan, with the presenting complaints of seizures with blackouts. The episodes are prone to get triggered when there are emotional disturbances and close to her menstruation cycle. This was diagnosed as Bhayajanya Apasmara.  The MRI Brain and EEG were normal, indicating that there was no major pathology, and it was more affliction at a mental level. With Ayurvedic management as an Out-Patient and two weeks of In-Patient treatment, there was a significant improvement in the quality of life. Her frequency of seizures, her fear and anxiety reduced to an extent that that she started travelling alone in a car and bus, which she could not do earlier. Her regular Anti-epileptic drugs could be reduced in dose gradually and stopped altogether after ten months of Ayurvedic treatments.  

The take-away lesson from this case report is that an integrative approach with Ayurveda can help manage a clinical condition like Complex partial seizures, that which is progressive in nature and non responsive to the standard of care.