I always thought my DBS keeps me depression free although I know electrodes are in STN. I was depressed for a short time after my recent surgery. I also heard "they" are working on making electrode placement more specific to PD symptoms, instead of potluck with STN or globus pallidus. (Sp??) Wish I had something concrete to report. -------------------------------------------------- From: "mschild" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:36 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: DBS helps more than PD >> I heard that it did help clinical depression >> > It is still experimental, not approved by FDA and I heard recently the > results > were disappointing > > Maryse > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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