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It is really absurd.I’m currently working through the nursing guide you shared on X:https://fndaustralia.com.au/resources/FND-Learning-guide-for-nurses.pdfI should have a post up later tonight or tomorrow.What strikes me as particularly odd is that the guide leaves very little room for skepticism. At a minimum, you wou

Looking back, was there a symptom(s) that should have prompted doctors to investigate further before diagnosis FND?

So contractures form from severe holding of muscles in FND. Even when you "cure" the FND, it's too late. When we look at these muscles on ultrasound, they are completely damaged and fibrotic. Very different than a stroke or neurological disorder. I work with an orthopedic surgeon pic.twitter.com/R5bIln5pH8- Paul Winsto

Your comment is quite chilling to read! Quite interesting that you mentioned "the use of sunglasses", wearing sunglasses indoors (the sunglasses sign), is something that is considered possibly indicative of FND https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9159904/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5656

@Miranda, that is basically blasphemy. When a diagnosis follows a narrative similar to the faith-healing mantra, it raises serious red flags for anyone paying attention.

@Lymewearier I find it quite ironic that you’re bringing up the faith aspect here. I've been working on an article over the past week about this very parallel I've been noticing from day one. There's a very clear similarity between how faith healers operate and how this diagnosis is often presented a

No, none of this is COVID-related. My wife started deteriorating slowly many years before the pandemic.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Firstly, can we agree that communication to Miranda was clearly lacking and poorly delivered? That seems evident from her account. I fully understand the modern definition of FND as a rule-in diagnosis based on positive signs per DSM-5. However, in practice and even in th

It is particularly concerning that, rather than directly addressing Miranda's specific concerns and the red flags she highlighted (omitted symptoms in the notes, the ignored positive Hoffmann's sign, the family history of autoimmune disease, and the explicit refusal to pursue autoimmune workup), you chose to frame her

Thank you for sharing this, Miranda. I’m really sorry you’re going through something this intense and frightening, especially with symptoms that are so severe, changing, and affecting so many parts of your daily life. It sounds incredibly distressing to be dealing with such significant, debilitating illness while also

Thank you for taking the time to write this post. I appreciate the effort you’ve put into going through the literature and laying everything out clearly. You almost get to a point where you would rather withhold data or notes since that can feel like bait that invites bias on the part of the clinician. In our contex

"Did the patient in this scenario have a positive Hoover’s sign or not?" - No The article made it clear from the description itself that Hoover’s sign was not positive. The patient had preserved initial low-demand strength, with fatigability only appearing under higher demand. The isokinetic data supported