Methylphenidate Treatment of Attention Deficits in Epilepsy

"Participants with epilepsy will first receive blinded, single-dose capsules which contain either:~Placebo 20mg of methylphenidate or 10mg of methylphenidate.~At each visit, they will receive one capsule and then complete the neurocognitive batteries and neuropsychiatric questionnaires. There will be no medication administered between visits during this time. Following the final randomized visit, interested participants will be prescribed 10mg of methylphenidate twice daily, to be increased to 20mg of methylphenidate twice daily. After four weeks, their scores on the batteries and questionnaires will again be assessed."