i attended a seminar on DBS addrese by a specialist from wake hospital salem and observe that you are correct but a detailed analysis is done before the team decides to do the procedure. essentially my take was that DBS is best ? for tremor mangement....caveat i am not a doctor just a \pw\p cultivating hope, cheers haroon www.parkinsons.org.pk On 8/1/08, jeff smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > My neurologist is telling me that DBS may not be recommended for PD > patients who have, or have had a bout of depression. Does anyone know if > that is right? Thanks for whatever you can say. Jeff > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn