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.
Janet Dafoe on FND: "Where the Sun Don’t Shine"
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ME/CFS advocate and psychologist Janet Dafoe has criticised psychosomatic explanations of poorly understood illness for years. In 2026, that criticism turned directly to FND, raising questions about diagnostic certainty, ME/CFS, Long COVID and what happens when uncertainty becomes a diagnosis.
If FND Is Not ‘We Don’t Know’... What Exactly Do We Know?
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What do we actually know when we diagnose FND? A look at the epistemic limits of the diagnosis, the danger of treating unknowns as knowns, and how overstating certainty can contribute to diagnostic overshadowing and undermine advocacy.
When Nursing Education Reinforces a Diagnosis
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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.
What Makes a Doctor a Good Doctor?
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A reflection on what makes a good doctor in the context of complex chronic illness, focusing on collaboration, systems thinking, and clinical humility.
Advice from an FND Sceptic for Those Newly Diagnosed
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What advice would I give to anyone newly diagnosed with this disorder? Advice that I wish I had received back then?
