Posted by juanantoniod on June 17, 2006, at 0:25:02
In reply to Re: How VNS Therapy is Going, posted by HeadCheese01 on June 16, 2006, at 20:22:06
Hi there!
Well, I was implanted in January 2006, and I am still only at .75 milliamps. It has taken me longer than I anticipated to get to the therapeutic level -- 1.50ma -- because I like to wait for the changes in my voice that occur while stimulated to become less noticeable, which takes about 4-6 weeks after each dose setting increase. I have noticed that I started to feel a LITTLE better. I am more hopeful and optimistic, sleeping less, and dealing with tasks more that I used to put off.
As for your situation, which you describe as feeling worse after an increase in dosage, the only thing that I could attribute it to is the natural course of depression and possibly (hopefully) getting better. They say that many people on antidepressants begin to feel well enough to commit suicide before they are actually "well". Perhaps that is what you are feeling -- the bad before the great.
If you have any other questions, or want to discuss this further, please post here and I will be notified. I hope you start feeling better again soon!
Best wishes,
Antonio
> Antonio,
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> I was curious how the VNS therapy is going for you. What settings are you at now? Are you continuing to get better?
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> I was implanted on 05/04/2006 and activated 05/22/2006. I am currently at .75 milleamps. I must say that the last couple of days at .5 were the best couple of days that I've had in years. Yesterday I was bumped up to .75 and within an hour felt much worse.
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> Did it ever happen that you felt worse after an increase in your settings?
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> Hope you're doing well.
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