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VNS Surgery

If you (or your loved one) have had a vagus nerve stimulator implanted, what happened after it?

no more seizures
5% (11 votes)
helped control seizures a lot
33% (73 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (78 votes)
didn’t help at all
16% (36 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 220

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Feature Articles & Stories

 
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Teaching People About Seizures - An interview with Debra Josephs
Created by ETPat5/1/08
Everything about our lunch at the restaurant was perfect. There was nothing more to ask of the service, of the restaurant, the atmosphere. But Debra Josephs did ask for one more thing. As we left she introduced herself to the manager of a Newbury Street...
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A Chat on Moods and Seizure Medicines - Dr. Andres M. Kanner
Created by ETPat5/1/08
Dr. Andres M. Kanner was our guest expert for a question and answer chat on Moods and Seizure Medicines. The purpose of this session was to provide general information and resources about this topic. Dr. Kanner’s responses and the information on epilepsy.com...
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Mothers: Our Children with Epilepsy
Created by ETPat5/1/08
Mothers caring for children with epilepsy are courageous, creative, and dedicated. Woven into the stories of those who shared their thoughts with epilepsy.com was a determination to do something, oftentimes to overcome the stigma and bring about awareness....
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Spotlight on epilepsy.com Groups!
Created by ETPat5/1/08
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Camps for Your Children, Planning and Preparedness: An interview with Patricia Dean, ARNP, MSN
Created by ETPat5/1/08
We wanted to know about the benefits of summer camps for children with epilepsy and so we asked Patricia (Pat) Dean, Clinical Coordinator of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Miami Children’s Hospital and the President of the Epilepsy Foundation...
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Q & A Chat: Epilepsy Surgery
Created by ETPat4/1/08
On February 26, 2008, Dr. Orrin Devinsky was our guest expert for a question and answer chat on epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy surgery has been available at specialized epilepsy centers for many years and can be a very acceptable and appropriate form of treatment...
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Q & A Chat on Vagus Nerve Stimulation – What’s it all about?
Created by ETPat4/1/08
On March 24, 2008 Dr.Steven Schachter was our guest expert to answer questions about VNS Therapy or vagus nerve stimulation. The answers provided by Dr. Schachter and the content on epilepsy.com are intended for general educational purposes. People should...
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Spotlight on epilepsy.com Groups!
Created by ETPat3/28/08
Groups on epilepsy.com are a great way to meet people with similar interests, share documents and have a virtual meeting place! Read on to hear about a few groups – then follow the links to join, or start your own group! New! The Cabana
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Seizure Safety and AEDs
Created by ETPat2/29/08
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Special Honor Received in India
Created by ETPat2/29/08
Steven C. Schachter, MD, received a special honor in India when he delivered the 28th T.S. Srinivasan Endowment Oration in Chennai on “Brainstorms Village-Meeting the Challenge of Disabling Epilepsy.” Quoted in India’s national newspaper, The...
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The Epilepsy Pipeline Conference: An Invitation to Patients and Families
Created by ETPat2/29/08
On March 13, 2008, “The Epilepsy Pipeline Conference: Portal into CNS Opportunity” will be held in San Francisco. Sponsored by the Epilepsy Therapy Project (ETP), the day-long meeting will focus on drug development strategies, investing, and business...
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Ketogenic Diet Abstracts
Created by ETPat2/29/08
We have a special Dietary Therapies section on our website and more specificially, a monthly series of articles written by or assigned through Eric Kossoff, MD. Last month Dr. Kossoff had two articles published. We present here on epilepsy.com the abstracts...
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New Drug for Infantile Spasms May Become Available
Created by ETPat2/28/08
It was announced on February 27, 2008 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Ovation Pharmaceuticals’ new drug applications (NDA) for Sabril® (vigabatrin) in two types of epilepsies. The FDA assigned a priority NDA review for Sabril...
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Q & A Chat: Seizure Medicines
Created by ETPat2/27/08
On January 14, 2008 Dr. Steven Schachter was guest expert for a question and answer chat on seizure medicines. The purpose of this session was to provide general information and resources. These answers and the information on epilepsy.com are not intended...
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Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Taking Antiepileptic Drugs for Epilepsy
Created by ETPat2/4/08
Whenever the media reports on medicines that may have resulted in a person's death, the public becomes alarmed. And many times, they should be. But what happens if patients become needlessly worried and stop taking their medicine? With epilepsy, a neurological...
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Breaking News - FDA Alert for AEDs
Created by ETPat2/1/08
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The FDA Alert about AEDs and Mood: Physicians offer Expert Opinions
Created by ETPat2/1/08
The recent FDA Alert prompted the following opinions from two members of the epilepsy.com Editorial Board. “For the average person with epilepsy, these findings should cause no concern. However, they do highlight that epilepsy is a brain disorder and...
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Developing a Seizure Plan
Created by ETPat1/31/08
With the New Year already one month old, this is a good time to create or review your Seizure Plan. You will find full information here. When you get to the site, you can expect to find the following:
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Make Valentine’s Day, Children’s Day
Created by ETPat1/31/08
IF I COULD BE the Valentine’s Day Fairy Godmother I would wave my magic wand and turn Feb. 14 into Children’s Day. I am incurable romantic. As a teenager my aunt taught us to think “Love.” She had us wear silk nightgowns, a strand of pearls,...
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What Epilepsy.com Users Are Saying: Results of Instapoll Surveys
Created by ETPat1/31/08
In December 2007, results of past Instapolls on epilepsy.com were presented in a poster session at the American Epilepsy Society Meeting. The presentation, was called Website Surveys of Patient Concerns, Experiences, and Needs Using www.epilepsy.com. Why...
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From Attorney to Artist to Researcher: Interview with Jim Chambliss
Created by ETPat1/23/08
Jim Chambliss is the integrated personality of an attorney, artist, and doctoral candidate working in a combined program of creative art and medicine. His pictures describe his goal – to portray how epilepsy propelled him to discover a unique set of talents...
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More Navigating Help for Epilepsy.com
Created by ETPat1/21/08
With the new changes in epilepsy.com, we have been able to add richer content and incorporate many of the changes that you requested throughout the year. We also think that the new changes will make it easier for you to interact within the community. However...