Hi everyone and thank you for all your comments. @A MyEpilepsyTeam Member, you’re right it was use for Parkinson’s disease . In 2018 the DBS was approved by the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration) to use on patients, with Epilepsy.

August of last year ( 2022j , I had the DBS surgery/treatment done. Today it’s working well. It has reduced my seizures down by a lot. I go back to my Epileptologist tomorrow ( Sept, 5th 2023 ), along with the DBS Study team.

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DBS stands for Deep Brain Stimulator.

It’s kinda like the VNS . A pacemaker like device ( witch is the battery ) is place in the left chest area. Wires are connected to the battery device. On the other end of the wire , are electrodes. Instead of placing the Electrodes on top of the head like an EEG, they are placed directly under your skull on top of the brain in different areas.

Like the VNS it’s suppose to slow or stop us from seizuring.

Originally it was use to help people with Parkinson Disease . They discovered that this can also help with Epilepsy.

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