Posted by Ponder on September 9, 2003, at 16:44:36
In reply to Re: Surgery tomorrow: removal of VNS implant, posted by LifeTime on September 9, 2003, at 0:24:02
Dear Lifetime,
As indicated in a previous post, I am also a VNS study participant. I would like to congratulate you and your wife on your success and on your determination to find something that works.My results have not been so unequivocal. My diagnosis is bipolar and I have not been able to go without medications. This has vastly complicated that challenge of evaluating the efficacy of VNS for me. I still experience cycling, although I have not been in that hypersomnulent, heavy depression mode since having recovered from the last big one that sent me begging to get into the study. This could be an improvement from VNS or it could be my historical pattern of having completely incapacitating depressions every few years with lesser impairment in between.
I will be curious also about Jerry's experience with respect to removal of the leads. That part concerns me.
I don't know what my settings are, but I was one of the people they ramped up after the initial study results.
I still have problems with anxiety, which actually have worsened somewhat. I was surprised when I heard that Cyberonics was doing a pilot on treatment of anxiety with VNS.
Thanks for your post. It is heartening to hear.
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