Diagnostic Overshadowing
Posts exploring how an FND diagnosis may influence subsequent clinical reasoning, potentially leading symptoms, findings, or alternative diagnoses to be overlooked, discounted, or insufficiently investigated.
Hoping one day we each will recover
Anonymous Parent
Parental caregiver
An 18-year-old developed severe neurological symptoms after a concussion, was diagnosed with FND after inconclusive testing, and later found to have tethered cord syndrome requiring surgery.
Living in France, stuck in the FND Trap
vi_toka
Sufferer
Miranda’s health collapsed almost overnight, progressing from difficulty walking to seizures, psychosis, and rapid neurological decline. Despite abnormal findings and worsening symptoms, she was quickly labelled with Functional Neurological Disorder, and further testing was repeatedly refused. Her story raises serious concerns about missed conditions like Autoimmune encephalitis and the risks of diagnostic overshadowing blocking proper care.
