State Rep. Tricia Byrnes Is Looking for the Filmmaker Who’ll Investigate FND
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Missouri State Rep. Tricia Byrnes is seeking a filmmaker to investigate Functional Neurological Disorder. She says hundreds of families report children were labeled with FND before doctors fully checked seizures and loss of mobility, and that second opinions were blocked.
Maddie Aumann: From an FND Diagnosis to Maddie’s Law
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Maddie Aumann was diagnosed with FND before genetic testing identified a rare SCN9A disorder. Her mother, Christine Aumann, describes how the FND label continued to affect Maddie’s care even after that discovery, ultimately helping inspire Maddie’s Law.
Functional Disorders are real
The biggest misconception out there is that someone can’t have a functional disorder if they also have an organic medical disease, disorder, or condition. The reality, of course, is that very, very rarely do functional disorders develop without an underly
How Can a Layman Determine Whether a Medical Diagnosis Is Legitimate?
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How do we know when a medical diagnosis has actually been demonstrated rather than simply defined? This post examines FND through ontology, epistemology and axiology, asking what positive signs really establish, where classification ends and explanation begins, and whether the confidence placed in the diagnosis matches the strength of the evidence behind it.
Open Letter to Zachary Grin, DPT
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An open letter addressing the removal of a disputed cartoon, clarifying what was—and was not—claimed, and reaffirming FND Nope’s commitment to open and critical discussion of the FND framework.
Diagnosed with CNS lupus after initial FND diagnosis
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A young woman with lupus and Sjögren’s was diagnosed with FND without an EEG, spinal tap, or extensive laboratory testing. Further investigation at another hospital revealed a previous stroke and autoimmune abnormalities, leading to a diagnosis of CNS lupus.
Three Heart Conditions Misdiagnosed as FND
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A 38-year-old patient diagnosed with FND after limited testing was later found to have three treatable heart conditions that explained their symptoms, including extreme daily heart-rate fluctuations previously dismissed as anxiety.
It was Menieres
An ENT doctor suggested I had Menieres (an illness that attacks the balance nerve and the ear) in 2023. He wasn't sure as he said the disease is rare and my hearing loss was in the wrong frequency. He said there is no cure and I would have to wait for bur
It was the meds after all.
I was diagnosed with FND. Saw a neurologist and he said you must stop taking Keppra as it causes depression and anxiety and start on an alternative anti-seizure drug. I left with a step down plan and guess what, the depression and anxiety has gone.
Written Off with FND: The Hidden Dental Abscess That Changed Everything
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After years of severe disability and an FND diagnosis, Sam’s family discovered a large, hidden abscess beneath a previously treated root-canal tooth. Within weeks of its removal and treatment, he began to regain his vision, mobility, clarity and independence. This is their story and a reminder that unexplained symptoms still deserve thorough investigation.
When the Presentation Becomes the Disease
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Dropsy was once treated as a disease until medicine discovered that it was merely a shared presentation of many underlying conditions. This article asks whether IBS and FND may represent similar umbrella categories that future medical advances will eventually divide into more precise diagnoses.
Purely cognitive symptoms, no weakness, seizures etc.
One day out of the blue I felt incredibly anxious and depressed. I can identify the time of day this happened. I couldn’t sleep but got sleeping tablets from my GP. The feelings continued for a few days but then I had a series of vacant seizures.
