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Vagus Nerve Stimulation or Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression?

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 24 11:42am | Replies (12)
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Has anyone had experience with vagus nerve stimulation (implanted) for severe treatment resistant depression?

I just recently heard about it.

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russfb007 | @russfb007 | May 16 1:54pm

Never heard of it

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Scott R L | @scottrl | May 16 3:44pm

I know a couple of people who have had good results with an external device.

I haven't heard anything about an implant.

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judybradford | @judybradford | May 17 6:02am

I tried the ice cube-on-the-back-of-your-neck trick, and it worked.

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ceciford | @ceciford | May 17 7:49am

Can you please give a link to an explanation of the technique?

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jenatsky | @jenatsky | May 24 11:42am

@ceciford here is some information on the VNS.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2990624/

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