Nope. When I was a student maybe 5-10 years ago, I got to attend a conference on brain/computer interface research as part of an extracurricular. There were l

Nope. When I was a student maybe 5-10 years ago, I got to attend a conference on brain/computer interface research as part of an extracurricular. There were lots of interesting posters and products, but what really grabbed me was one of the headlining presentations. A group of researchers had learned how to use deep brain stimulation to do exactly this: provide immediate relief to a severely depressed patient. The video was dramatic, but I found it creepy. One second, the person looked sunk in misery as they talked about their bleak outlook on the world. The next second, they started smiling and saying that everything seemed alright. The on/off procedure repeated a few times with the same effect: misery, relief, misery, relief. I would take a brain implant to help me type faster, or treat a degenerative brain disease. But something that acted like a rapid mood-altering drug? Never, not after seeing that video.