What can you tell me about deep brain stimulation for depression? I have heard some very interesting stories about it and I wonder of those are true, or is it just another way to take money away from the patients? Now, I am not saying that it does not help, but I have doubts that it helps as much as they say it does. Anyway, is this new therapy actually safe?
Well, if you have been struggling with the depression for about twelve years as my mother did, and tried endless amounts of meds that did not help, than you are willing to try just about anything that might help, even if it is just for a little bit. But deep brain stimulation helped her enormously, she still has issues but she is a totally different person now than she was for the past decade. So, if you need it, try it, you can only have benefits from it.