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Last night on Primetime they had an interesting segment on DBS for depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. 50 people in the US have had DBS for "psychic" surgery and it has worked well for them. Their psychiatrists do their programming. I have been anxious, not depressed and had suffered from panic attacks since 1980 when I had chemo for ovarian cancer. I always had to carry valium pills with me at all times. Also, my ocular migraines are gone. I've noticed that today I forget the pills entirely. Please do not consider this an endorsement for DBS as I know some people have not had good results, but it sure controls my tremors - just too bad it took my voice and doesn't help walking or fine motor skills, but then I don't take PD meds as they don't help either. Of course, I don't know what I'd be like without it at all other than tremor which is a big deal. I do believe it has some psychic benefits for me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Ray