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“FND Fundamentalists”: New Study Exposes Deep Divisions Over Functional Neurological Diagnoses
FND Nope
Moderator
An international study involving 1,853 patients and 400 clinicians reveals profound disagreements over FND diagnoses in autoimmune disease, reports of diagnostic overshadowing, and clinical reasoning that raises important questions about whether neurological symptoms attributed to FND may have different underlying causes.
I Am Angry
Christoff
Spousal caregiver
I am angry that uncertainty became certainty, that softened language obscures what is actually being claimed, that scepticism is treated as hostility, and that while we argue about FND, my wife keeps getting sicker.
Why We Share These Stories
FND Nope
Moderator
Why FND Nope shares patient stories, diagnostic reversals and clinical cases: not to win an argument, but to preserve uncertainty, uncover possible clues and keep doors open when people are still sick.
How Can a Layman Determine Whether a Medical Diagnosis Is Legitimate?
FND Nope
Moderator
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.
The Common Phenotypes Hypothesis
Christoff
Spousal caregiver
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.
Advice from an FND Sceptic for Those Newly Diagnosed
Christoff
Spousal caregiver
What advice would I give to anyone newly diagnosed with this disorder? Advice that I wish I had received back then?
FND: A Diagnosis That Shuts Doors?
FND Nope
Moderator
A critical examination of Functional Neurological Disorder, its historical roots, diagnostic evolution, and whether the shift to a positive diagnosis risks closing the door on further investigation.
