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==Harms, risks and side effects== Harms, risks and side effects are not documented in scientific literature, with the exception of Anderson et al. (2021), who reported "no serious adverse effects" in the controversial [[SMILE trial]] in children.<ref name="Anderson2021" /> The LP states it is a training course, not a treatment. ===Anecdotal evidence of patient harm=== According to a national survey by the Norwegian ME association [[ME Foreningen]] in (2012), Lightning Process was found to be one of the treatments that has done the most harm to patients. The Lightning Process resulted in 50% of the [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]] patients reporting that LP had made their condition worse, 25% seriously worse. 30% reported that LP had no effect on symptoms.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.me-foreningen.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ME-Nat-Norwegian-Survey-Abr-Eng-Ver.pdf | title =Norwegian ME Association National Survey Abridged|version=English | date = May 12, 2014 | last = ME Foreningen | authorlink = ME Foreningen |language=en}}</ref> ===Attempted suicides=== In 2011, a 13 year-old Norwegian boy with ME attempted suicide after he failed to improve with the Lightning Process.<ref name="suicide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/livsstil/forsokte-selvmord-etter-me-kurs-1.7891470 | title = Forsøkte selvmord etter ME-kurs | last = Sand | first = Camilla | date = 2011-11-26 | website = NRK|language=nb-NO|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> In 2020, a Twitter user came forward with her story of 10 years of intense [[depression]] and [[suicide]] attempts as a result of being [[Medical gaslighting|gaslit]] by the Lightning Process as a child.<ref name="scam">{{Cite web|url=https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wk5yw-fcbbf1 | title = Alice Urbino: scam 'lightning process' causes internalized gaslighting - beware of charlatans | last = | first = | website = Podbean Development|language=en|access-date=2021-05-19}}</ref>
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