Table 4.

Treatment of epilepsy

	Number	Percentage
Saw a traditional healer for epilepsy	104	79
Saw a traditional healer before seeing a physician in the hospital	94	71
Mean time elapsed: 39 months
Median time elapsed: 24 months
Saw a traditional healer and a physician simultaneously	42	32
Continuing to see a traditional healer	12	9
Traditional healing methods tried
Gris-gris or sebe tied around the waist or wrist	22	17
Drank or bathed in an herbal liquid	55	42
Read scriptures from the Koran	8	6
Koran verses applied to the body	50	38
Spoken into hands and rubbed on face or body
Spoken into water, consumed or bathed
Written on paper and rubbed on body
Concoction of leaves or twigs	29	22
Consumed animal sacrifice	10	8
Garlic, grains, alcohol, or orange in the nose or mouth during a seizure	11	8
Antiepileptic medications (AEDs)
Have taken AEDs in the past	117	89
Currently taking AEDs	89	67
Taking AEDs regularly	76	58
Taking medications only when having seizures