My mom was FINALLY diagnosed with epilepsy due to viral encephalitis after months of wondering what was wrong with her. We all thought she had dementia. Well, they said that she had encephalitis, but it went away on it's own before anyone even knew. They said she has some lesions on her brain from the encephalitis which is causing the epilepsy. They have started treating her epilepsy, but I am wondering if most of the dementia symptoms will go away once the medicine kicks in or are they more likely caused by the lesions themselves? I just want to know if my mom will ever be like herself again. And she is so depressed because she feels helpless. This is just so terrible.