I have had epilepsy since 1969.  I have taken a lot of different
combinations of medicine.  Tegretol, Dilantin.  are two.  All the
different combinations never really worked well.  My new doctor started
me on the combination of Lamictal and Keppra.  For a long time it was
working but the dosage had to start going up.  I was starting to take 9
Lamictal and 3 Keppra to keep my seizures under control.  I was starting
to overdose so the doctor had to find another remedy..He told me about
VNS which had been available for 3 years. He told me it was a gamble but
that it might work.  So I had an implant in 2001. With this and the
reduction of my medicine, (I now take 5 lamictal and 2 keppra)  my
seizures  are in better control.  After all these years I'm finally
getting somewhere.  The VNS unit has been a blessing to me.   I'm a lot
happier now.

Does anyone else use the VNS and does it help you as it is helping me?