mellowyellow
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Why Nanette resorted to brain implants to deal with her obsessive-compulsive disorder
Now 51, Ms Vardy-Forth has had OCD since she was five years old.
Years of different medications and therapy with different doctors didn't alleviate the obsessive thoughts.
So when her doctors offered her the drastic step of brain implants, she said yes.
She took part in a trial of deep brain stimulation — a therapy widely used for conditions such as Parkinson's Disease — run by the University of Queensland, the Queensland Brain Institute and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
Surgeons placed thin metal wire about a millimetre wide in Ms Vardy-Forth's brain.
"She went from a state where she was preoccupied with her obsessional thoughts and ritualistic acts, for most of the waking day to a stage where she is effectively unbothered by them, which is an absolutely remarkable transformation for her quality of life," he said.........................
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04...lsive-disorder-brain-function-trial/100080020
Now 51, Ms Vardy-Forth has had OCD since she was five years old.
Years of different medications and therapy with different doctors didn't alleviate the obsessive thoughts.
So when her doctors offered her the drastic step of brain implants, she said yes.
She took part in a trial of deep brain stimulation — a therapy widely used for conditions such as Parkinson's Disease — run by the University of Queensland, the Queensland Brain Institute and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
Surgeons placed thin metal wire about a millimetre wide in Ms Vardy-Forth's brain.
"She went from a state where she was preoccupied with her obsessional thoughts and ritualistic acts, for most of the waking day to a stage where she is effectively unbothered by them, which is an absolutely remarkable transformation for her quality of life," he said.........................
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04...lsive-disorder-brain-function-trial/100080020
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