Posted by Meltingpot on June 3, 2009, at 13:00:20
In reply to DBS STUDY, posted by Phillipa on May 28, 2009, at 20:25:09
Pippa,
Thanks for this information. I just wish there was some way of knowing beforehand if you were likely to respond. It's such a big thing to have to go through.
I mean if you had a brain tumour then an operation on the brain would be seen as unavoidable and there would be no question about the best course to take, the person has a visible lump which needs to be removed, period, so you can justify having such an operation but with something as vague and intangible as depression any sufferer who has it must be plagued with uncertainties before the operation. I know I would be.
Also, I would be interested in undergoing this operation if there was a chance of some benefits from depression but how do you decide which trial to apply for, which part of the brain would you want stimulating or can they stimulate all areas at once to see which area you react best to???
Also, antidepressants seem to get me so far with mood lifting slightly, improved sleep, less guilt and I don't have motor retardation anyway so if somebody like me had the operation would I be less likely to benefit? On antidepressants my mood is slightly better but far from good would DBS take my mood higher than it is on ADs??? Just thinking to myself really. They don't say whether or not any of the patients had had any response at all with other treatments.
In all of the patients, the greatest improvements were seen in core depressive symptoms such as mood, guilt, and motor retardation and in sleep parameters, he noted, with little improvement seen in somatic symptoms such as low energy or low libido. "If you have a patient with more of the core depressive symptoms, they might preferentially benefit from this type of intervention," he said.
Denise
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