My son is on his 2nd one for seizures.

And we would do it again in a heart beat.

I would to a google on the VNS, depression and you would find great links to help.

We were one of the lucky ones, my son went 182 days without a seizure after the first one was implanted... silly EX neuro mucked it up for us because of my hubby loosing his job and us putting my son on medicaid... he was suddenly ''cured'' (we think it is because of the reimbursement $$).

Fired him and now with a wonderful epileptologist (300 miles away) and trying to get control again.