It was reported that the patient stopped eating since the vns stimulation off time was changed from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.Due to the shorter off time, the auto stimulations per day also decreased from 120 to 80 as the physician expected.No other reasons are known for patient's behavior.As a result, the physician changed the off time back to 5 minutes approximately 48 hours after she stopped eating to see if the patient's behavior will return to baseline.Neurologist hasn't heard back from patient yet regarding improvement.The decrease in patient's appetite is believed to be due to vns stimulation.System diagnostics were run twice, and both were reported to be ok.
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