A method of treating epilepsy, ES, NES, NS, PNES, or NEE in a patient having an altered blood level of one or more biomarkers selected from calbindin, CRP, cytokeratin-8, eotaxin, eotaxin-2, eotaxin-3, GM-CSF, ICAM-1, IFN-y, IL-1a, IL-1B, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-7, IL-6, IL-13, IL-12, IL-23p40, IL-12p70, IL-10, IL-8, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17A, IP-10, MCP-1, MCP-2, MCP-4, M-CSF, MDC, MIF, MIP-1a, MIP-1B, MIP-5, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, Nectin-4, osteoactivin, osteonectin, p-cadherin, SAA, SCF, TARC, TNF-R1, TNF-R2, TNF-a, TNF-B, TRAIL, VCAM-1, VEGF-A, the method comprising administering to the patient one or more therapeutic agents selected from parsevenol, cenobamate, ganaxolone, phenytoin, fosphenytoin, midazolam, pregabalin, acetazolamide, methsuximide, ethotoin, piracetam, nitrazepam, paraldehyde, stiripentol, vigabatrin, brivaracetam, perampanel, rufinamide, lurasidone HCl, carbamazepine, clobazam, clonazepam, diazepam, divalproex, eslicarbazepine acetate, ethosuxemide, ezogabine, felbamate, gabapentin, lacosamide, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, lorazepam, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, primidone, tiagabine, topiramate, valproic acid, zonisamide, cannabis-based drugs, and any pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and derivatives thereof.