DBS from what I understand is for people that have tried everything and nothing has worked for them. They put small electronic thingies in/on your brain to control the seizures. It's a little like the VNS machine only a lot smaller and on the inside of the brain instead of the chest area.

DBS began with those Who had Parkinson's Disease. After awhile, the Neurologists thought it would work for Patients with Epilepsy too.

It a new treatment for Epilepsy. But , it’s been around since the 80s. It treated Parkinson Disease with the DBS

The Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) and Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) are not the same. I had my first VNS implanted in 2001. It sends a shock to your Vagus Nerve in your neck, which takes it to the outer layer of your brain to try and interrupt seizures. This year I became the first in Atlantic Canada to have a DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR DBS also implanted and the wires go deep into your brain. The DBS came out a couple years ago for Parkinson's but they've just started using it on Epilepsy patients who's seizures originate from deep in their brain.