I had no prep for my EEG, as I was seeing the neuro for something else and suggested to her I might have E, having searched the 'net for answers to my symptoms. During my appointment, I ran through the list of symptoms, including a day of complex partials, and she sent me straight to the EEG clinic on site. Oh, we had time for lunch in between!
I was on a low dose of Topamax (still am) for migraine, but no other E meds. The tech stuck the glue through my hair, then the probe thingies, and I sat for the duration of the test. As Nak said, there were breathing exercises (up to hyperventilation) and strobe lights, and I had to open and close my eyes. I seized during the strobe tests (facial muscles, both arms/hands, maybe legs - I forget now). They stop the testing if there is a risk of you having a tonic clonic. Remember, this was a sitting test.
The tech removed the sticky pads from my thick hair, I walked out and went home! (Mum had come with me, so she drove.) Getting the glue out took a couple of days of rigorous washing and combing! Looked like a bad case of dandruff.
Good luck with yours. It sounds an odd thing to say, but I hope you have seizure activity. I know how lucky I was to seize at my first EEG, as many wait for years, with doctors not believing them until they have that "gold standard" positive EEG.