Shock for Breakfast? March 28, 2016: 11:59 PM FDA Shock Dockets Close

Today is the last day to sign the petition before the docket closes.

The FDA is attempting to down-classify the shock device to say that shock treatment (shooting electricity through the head to cause a grand mal seizure) is 'safe enough' for people with "treatment-resistant" depression or who "require rapid response".

#FDAStopTheShockDevice

This video is about #FDAStopTheShockDevice Sign petition here: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment Info for submitting your own comment to FDA here: http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice

Posted by Lauren Tenney on Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Please speak out before it's too late.  Our petition and complaint to the FDA are below.

https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment

http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/03/only-72-hours-left-to-stop-shock-device/

NIMH Deletes and Blocks Truth During Public Q& A about Shock Treatment on Facebook

On March 17, 2016 the National Institute of Mental Health held a one hour Facebook Question and Answer period on shock treatment with Dr. Lisanby.

Below, please see the photographic record of comments that were made by myself, Lauren Tenney, and then subsequently deleted.  I also was blocked from commenting and reacting to posts made by others.

I think that NIMH ought to be held accountable for giving acurate information about shock treatment. Do  you?

To see the NIMH transcript and deleted comments, please visit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByfGR4ZrDF0oVGhCd0FfS01wcTg/view

Posted by Lauren Tenney on Thursday, March 17, 2016

Comment on Complaint to FDA Ombuds Office #FDAStopTheShockDevice on Talk with Tenney

March 17, 2016

9-11 PM Eastern

Comment on Complaint to FDA Ombuds Office #FDAStopTheShockDevice

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/03/18/talk-with-tenney-comment-on-complaint-fda-ombuds-office-fdastoptheshockdevice

Tune in on March 17, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern (267)521-0167 to hear and comment on the Final Draft of Official Complaint to Ombuds Office at FDA concerning the processes that FDA has taken in the proposed down-classification of the shock device 

The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the “probable benefit of ECT outweighs these risks” (p. 81228).  

March 28, 2016 is deadline for FDA comments. 

Tune in to hear the current situation, share your experiences of shock treatment, and encourage others to respond to the FDA. 

For more information and to sign the MindFreedom International Petition that has over 1,150 supporters see: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment

To read about the FDAs latest move to down classify see: 

http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice 

http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/12/shock-device-safe-as-eyeglasses-89-days-to-say-no/

https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment

13 Days to say #FDAStopTheShockDevice: Talk with Tenney Special Radio Show

March 15, 2016 9-11 PM Eastern:: 

Call in (267) 521-0167 to be part of the show - 

13 Days to say #FDAStopTheShockDevice

Direct link if embed fails: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/03/16/talk-with-tenney-special-13-days-left-to-say-fdastoptheshockdevice

 On March 15, 2016 from 9 - 11 PM Eastern, call in (267) 521-0167 to join people who are shock treatment survivors and allies discuss the current state of the FDAs attempts to down-classify the shock device to a class II device putting it in the same category as eyeglasses or wheelchairs. 

The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the “probable benefit of ECT outweighs these risks” (p. 81228).  

We have 13 days left to say #FDAStopTheShockDevice. 

Tune in to hear the current situation, share your experiences of shock treatment, and encourage others to respond to the FDA. 

For more information and to sign the MindFreedom International Petition that has over 1,000 supporters see: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment

To read about the FDAs latest move to down classify see: 

http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice 

http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/12/shock-device-safe-as-eyeglasses-89-days-to-say-no/

Watch this powerful video: ECT Destroys Life produced by Aftershock: Life After ECT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyi32-slxUk

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/03/16/talk-with-tenney-special-13-days-left-to-say-fdastoptheshockdevice

3 FOIA Requests Reveal Shock Treatment Used on Veterans and Their Fetuses

3 FOIA Requests Reveal Shock Treatment Used on Veterans and Their Fetuses 

3 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests reveal that veterans have been subjected to shock treatment in the VHA system.

Most disturbing, the draft data released shows that only 2 or more shock treatments were counted.

We have no idea of how many vets were shocked once.

Even more problematic, guidance on the use of shock treatment was released, and this included using shock treatment as a first line treatment for women who were pregnant.

That is electricity shot through her brain, general anesthesia, muscle relaxers, and pain killers, and not eating for long periods of time before the brain-damaging procedure, multiple times a week.

For more information see my Mad in America article:
Electroshocking Veterans and Their Fetuses.

You can hear more on the Talk with Tenney episode, FOIA: Evidence of VMAs Electroshocking Veterans:

Right now, the FDA is trying to say that shock treatment is 'safe enough' for people experiencing a "depressive episode" as part of "major depressive disorder" or "bipolar disorder" that is "treatment-resistant" or "requires rapid response".

 Please join our efforts to stop the FDA from being able to do this.

You can sign and share the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment

https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment

www.laurentenney.us

Thousands Are Having Shock Treatment For Breakfast #FDAStopTheShockDevice

If the FDA is successful with its new proposed rule that is open for public comment, shock treatment will soar.

Sign the petition to tell the FDA they must hold hearings about the down-classification of the shock device and that the shock device must not be lowered to a Class II device for any reason.


Sue Clark-Wittenburg (1955 - 2015), 2015 shared her experiences on Talk with Tenney and reminds me and everyone else to keep focused. Shock treatment is torture.

Sue through her work in organizing the International Campaign to Ban Electroshock would be working to stop the FDA from its current shady proposed rule to down-classify the shock device from a Class III experimental device to a Class II device, putting the machine used to generate the shock in shock treatment in the same category as eyeglasses or a wheel chair.

The FDAs proposed rule allows that shock treatment is 'safe enough' for people who experience a "depressive episode" as part of "major depressive disorder" or "bipolar disorder" and who are "treatment-resistant" because you 'failed' neuroleptic or psychotropic drugs, or "require rapid response".

In the Talk with Tenney episode that this excerpt of Sue is taken from, Electroshock: A Crime Against Humanity, Sue explains that when she was a teenager, she was shocked, and that the last shock treatment she had stopped her heart.

Sue is not physically here to lead the fight, but her memory persists and what happened to Sue, and millions like her, will not be in vein.




In Loving Memory of Sue Clark-Wittenberg from Lauren Tenney on Vimeo.

Watch People Who Are Shock Survivors and Allies After 2011 FDA Shock Device Hearings

#FDAStopShockDevice

In 2011 the FDA held public hearings on the shock device that delivers electric shock treatment (electroconvulsive treatment, ECT).  The panel voted in nearly all situations to keep the shock device a Class III Experimental Device.




Now, the FDA is proposing to down-classify the shock device to a Class II device with "special controls" that would put it in the same category as a pair of eyeglasses or a wheelchair specifically for people who are over 18, have a "major depressive episode" as part of "major depressive disorder" or "bipolar disorder" are deemed "treatment-resistant" or "require rapid response".

The FDA is proposing that since they held hearings in 2011 they do not need to hold hearings now. Not one of the members of the decision-making panel from 2011 is on the panel today.

Please get involved and tell the FDA not to down classify the shock device for any reason and to hold public hearings.

Psychiatry ought not be allowed to get away with this fraud! The FDA needs to be held responsible for the damage this will cause. Shock treatment will soar.

Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment