Vagus Nerve Stimulation Turns Jean's Life Around
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Undated
Summary
Used vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), referencing the book Reborn: Reversing Fibromyalgia with Vagus Nerve Stimulation, for fibromyalgia and/or ME/CFS. Specific device model, settings and illness duration are not given in the excerpt. Had been bedbound beforehand. The site's own framing is that VNS turned her life around and she returned to work. No comments appear below the post, and no relapse is mentioned.
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