I am a Combat Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). DARPA along with the VA has recently discussed opening opportunities for Combat Veterans with TBI to volunteer to have chips implanted in their brains that can help improve their memories. I am also a father of a 3 year old and a husband, and I have forgotten things without the aid of photos that I want to be able to remember about my son and wife. Should I consider the having the memory chip implanted?
Dear User, Thanks for using Chat Doctor. What I have understood from your description is that you had traumatic brain injury and the resultant cognitive decline manifesting as memory impairment. I have seen many such patients, and I am not aware of any such \"chips\" as effective measure to improve memory. What we usually do is that we teach our patients cognitive remediation measures to improve the memory. So in my opinion you should be extremely careful before undergoing any such procedures which might not have proven evidence. If you have any further questions you can get back to us with greater details about the procedure after discussing with your doctor.