1 Non - epileptic Seizures : Classification Co - existence with Epilepsy : Diagnosis ,

Non-epileptic seizures (NES) is a descriptive term for a diverse group of disorders that refer to paroxysmal events that can be mistaken for epilepsy, but are not due to an epileptic disorder. “Non-epileptic seizure” is the preferred term. As confirmed by Steven Schachter, MD in his 1966 survey of American epileptologists, the majority of respondents considers this to be the preferred term as opposed to many other anachronistic and pejorative terms, which have been suggested. These include “hysteroepilepsy, hysterical seizures, pseudoseizures, pseudo-epileptic seizures, non-epileptic pseudo-seizure, hysterical epilepsy, and non-epileptic attack disorder.” All of these terms have significant demeaning overtones, or, quite frankly, are inaccurate in terms of the pathophysiology.