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11 years ago
Well I could tell you my long boring story but here is an article about me to give you some background:
america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/9/16/exclusive-could-thisnewtreatmentrevolutionizepsychiatricdisorder.html
Hope I'm not abusing any rules by posting that. If so I'll take it down.
So basically I have had OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, since I was about 8 and then depression and some other health issues to go with it. So right now I am receiving stimulation to my DBS device, well I am actually in the blinded trial portion of the study so I may or may not be receiving stimulation but I think I am. So after we get a good setting I feel good, great actually. My OCD is still there but my depression is gone. It's amazing since before the surgery I can't even remember the last time I was happy. But unfortunately after 2 weeks I go back to 'normal.' Sometimes worse than normal. So I'm on this crazy rollercoaster and it's really draining me. It's really hard to be happy one day, laughing and singing and making plans for the future, and then the next day you are so miserable you want to die. So yeah, that's my story.
america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/9/16/exclusive-could-thisnewtreatmentrevolutionizepsychiatricdisorder.html
Hope I'm not abusing any rules by posting that. If so I'll take it down.
So basically I have had OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, since I was about 8 and then depression and some other health issues to go with it. So right now I am receiving stimulation to my DBS device, well I am actually in the blinded trial portion of the study so I may or may not be receiving stimulation but I think I am. So after we get a good setting I feel good, great actually. My OCD is still there but my depression is gone. It's amazing since before the surgery I can't even remember the last time I was happy. But unfortunately after 2 weeks I go back to 'normal.' Sometimes worse than normal. So I'm on this crazy rollercoaster and it's really draining me. It's really hard to be happy one day, laughing and singing and making plans for the future, and then the next day you are so miserable you want to die. So yeah, that's my story.