FND: Cognitive
Posts involving cognitive symptoms attributed to or discussed within functional neurological or functional cognitive frameworks, including memory, attention, and related difficulties.
Different Causes, Same Symptoms: A New Theory of Functional Cognitive Disorder Raises Familiar Questions
FND Nope
Moderator
A 2026 Brain Sciences paper proposes that functional cognitive disorder and persistent post-concussion symptoms may converge on the same memory networks despite different origins. The theory raises important questions about neurological mechanisms, diagnostic uncertainty, and whether shared symptoms necessarily establish a shared disorder.
10 Suspicious Things You Apparently Shouldn't Do Around an FND Specialist
Quackademic
Sunglasses, wheelchairs, handwritten notes, music and even office chairs have all found their way into medical discussions of functional neurological symptoms. The real problem isn't that these observations necessarily diagnose FND, but that they can influence the wider clinical picture. A sarcastic, referenced tour of ten examples where ordinary behaviour risks becoming suspicious.
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.
The FND quacks think that bringing a list of written notes to your appointment is near-certain proof that you have a psychosomatic disorder
jakovmrc
Person with Long Covid
A critical examination of the evidence behind so-called “rule-in signs” for Functional Neurological Disorder, focusing on the claim that bringing written notes to an appointment strongly indicates a psychosomatic condition.
