Suicidal activity of patients with epilepsy in the treatment of anti-epileptic drugs

The article is a brief review of the literature on suicide in patients with epilepsy taking with the therapeutic effect of various anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). Noted indirect effects of AEDs on the development of suicide in epilepsy. Suicidal tendencies occur when the development and strengthening of the jet trilogy on the frequency of seizures, the activation of other manifestations of the disease, with depression, psychosis in patients with epilepsy under the influence of AEDs. The most actively suicidal mood in patients with epilepsy called phenobarbital, vigabatrin, less active topiramate, gabapentin, levetiracetam, and the minimum activity against the provocations of suicide in epilepsy have carbamazepine, valproate. Knowledge sucidogenic activity of AEDs makes it possible to adequately predict the likely development of suicide in patients with epilepsy.