Deep Brain Stimulation or Capsulotomy?

nohope · Newbie User Joined: Sep 23, 2008 Posts: 5

This maybe sounds totaly crazy, but are there any hospitals anywhere in the world that performs Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) or even Capsulotomy! (for social phobia/anxiety) without chargeing you a trillion dollars?

I know that Bangkok Hospital Medical Center does DBS surgery for parkinson and tremors, but it costs atleast 1.6 million baht!

and Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok is in process of setting up the same procedure for OCD/Anxiety, but the price will probably be just as high.

anyone know something?

Stoochy · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

Yeah im also curious about this. What does deep brain stimulation mean ?

nohope · Newbie User Joined: Sep 23, 2008 Posts: 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_brain_stimulation#Other_clinical_applications

In 10 years from now it`s gonna be a major treatment for many different dysfunctions

Stoochy · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

heavy stuff. i only think about dying these days,but still would be efraid to have dbs beacuse of the side effects like"personality changes".. and apathy and stuff like that. I would be too afraid every second of the day that i would change and wouldnt even know it..

nohope · Newbie User Joined: Sep 23, 2008 Posts: 5