{"id":22097,"date":"2019-03-01T20:04:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:44:32","slug":"doctor-says-21-sessions-of-electro-convulsive-shock-therapy-she-was-given-for-depression-after-her-marriage-broke-up-left-her-brain-damaged-and-unemployable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=22097","title":{"rendered":"Doctor says 21 sessions of electro-convulsive shock therapy she was given for depression after her marriage broke up left her brain-damaged and unemployable"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr_Susan_Cunliffe.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Susan Cunliffe\" class=\"wp-image-22098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr_Susan_Cunliffe.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr_Susan_Cunliffe-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A doctor who underwent 21 sessions of a controversial &#8216;electric shock&#8217; therapy to combat her depression claims the treatment has left her brain damaged and unemployable.  <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Susan Cunliffe, 48, had 21 sessions of the electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) at Worcestershire Royal Hospital between 2004 and 2005 to combat depression following the break-up of her marriage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But she claims the ECT treatment, which sees patients have an electric current sent through their brain to trigger an epileptic fit, has left her permanently damaged.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The mother-of-three says her speech and mobility have been reduced and she has been left unable to do her job.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>She is now demanding an independent scientific study is carried out to examine the effects of ECT. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Cunliffe said: &#8216;By the time I finished ECT I was left with memory problems, an inability to recognise faces or to navigate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8216;Towards the end my hands shook, I couldn&#8217;t walk in a straight line and I fell over repeatedly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8216;I couldn&#8217;t walk through doors without bumping into door frames.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8216;My speech was slurred and I had word finding problems.&#8217;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The article goes on to say ECT is extremely effective. It doesn&#8217;t say effective at what. I will though. At destroying creativity and functionality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A doctor who underwent 21 sessions of a controversial &#8216;electric shock&#8217; therapy to combat her depression claims the treatment has left her brain damaged and unemployable. Dr Susan Cunliffe, 48, had 21 sessions of the electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) at Worcestershire Royal Hospital between 2004 and 2005 to combat depression following the break-up of her marriage. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=22097\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Doctor says 21 sessions of electro-convulsive shock therapy she was given for depression after her marriage broke up left her brain-damaged and unemployable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56495,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097\/revisions\/56495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}