Can epilepsy kill you?

Epilepsy is a brain condition that causes repeated episodes of sudden, brief changes in the brain’s electrical activity. Epileptic episodes are called seizures or convulsions. Epilepsy is not lethal condition because even untreated most seizures last less than two minutes. Rarely, a generalized tonic-clonic seizure can last five minutes or more, a situation known as status epilepticus. Untreated, this medical emergency is potentially deadly.