My mums dog is about 6 now and currently at the vets for suspected epilepsy.
She is small, about Jack Russell size, and a staffie/collie/anything else mix.
Usually healthy but on friday night she had two seizures, one after the other, which involved eyes rolling, jerking limbs, frothing etc. Pretty scary by all accounts. She spent one night at the vet and was sent home with an epilepsy diagnosis and suppositories to give if she had another fit.
She seemed pretty unwell. They said she'd had an unsettled night and needed sedatives. She couldn't seem to walk straight and walked into the furniture a few times so we called the vet again and were told it was the meds wearing off. 12+ hours later?
Today she had three more fits and is back in for over night observation but her general confusion and obvious illness all morning makes me think it's something else 
Anyway, the point of the thread (sorry for rambling!) was to ask on my mums behalf for anyones experience of having a dog with epilepsy?
She wasn't offered daily meds but is this the norm? Is it treatable and do the dogs usually recover ok after fits?
It sounds silly but does certain things set of these fits like being over excited or flashing lights? (I knew a person who had these triggers so wonder if it is similar in dogs....) Do they get worse?