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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.

2 weeks ago FND Nope Moderator

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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.

1 month ago Con Bradley

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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.

1 month ago Facebook Stories Social media

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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.

1 month ago FND Nope Moderator

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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.

2 months ago Con Bradley

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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.

2 months ago FND Nope Moderator

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A patient diagnosed with FND recovered completely after surgical repair of a CSF leak. Why did the diagnosis remain? This article explores what the case reveals about comorbidity, diagnostic reasoning, and the falsification problem in FND.

2 months ago Christoff Trüter Spousal caregiver

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Does this nursing guide teach observation, or does it teach reinforcement of a diagnosis? A critical examination of how skepticism, alternative diagnoses, and diagnostic uncertainty are presented to nursing staff.

3 months ago Christoff Trüter Spousal caregiver

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An exploration of FND, positive rule-in signs, comorbidity, predictive processing, diagnostic closure, and whether functional symptoms may reflect common phenotypes arising from multiple underlying conditions.

3 months ago X stories Social media

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Tanea "Rebel" Brooks has faced a devastating battle with lymphoma and a terminal ALS diagnosis. This piece explores her difficult medical journey and raises the question I’ve been wondering about: Could Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) be playing a role in misdiagnosis or diagnostic confusion?

3 months ago FND Nope Moderator

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Megan Dixon became severely disabled following childhood illness, with progressive loss of mobility and speech leading to prolonged hospitalisation. She was later reportedly diagnosed with FND and underwent extended rehabilitation after years of severe impairment.

3 months ago mel Convalescent

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Personal account of complex neurological and systemic symptoms following a tick bite, with a clinical diagnosis of FND made after extensive negative or inconclusive investigations. The author proposes an infectious origin involving Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections and reports improvement following targeted antibiotic treatment.