The authors test epileptic subjects as far as their professional ability is concerned. An enquiry into patients admitted to the Epilepsy Centre of San martino Hospital in Genova has been performed through a questionnaire about professional performance and quality of life. As far as work related problems are concerned 44.6 per cent of the subjects show the presence of difficulties, while the quality of life is primarily repressed in men relatively to work and in women relatively to social relationship.