Posted by Cecilia on February 19, 2005, at 3:38:03
In reply to Re: New psychiatrist is hopeless (Try VNS) » KaraS, posted by jerrympls on February 18, 2005, at 2:37:59
Re the VNS device, once it`s installed, can the patient turn it on and off, for example if it was making him cough or he was in a situation where he didn`t want his voice to be hoarse? Is it on during sleep and do you feel a difference when it`s on-do you actually feel the stimulations-seems like that would drive you nuts! Do the people it works for actually notice an immediate difference between when it`s on vs off or is more of a gradual thing? (It`s so hard to imagine a device like this actually working with something so full of complicated psychological issues as depression, though I guess it`s no different than meds, which obviously do work for many people, though none has ever worked for me.) Thanks for the info! Cecilia
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