FND Hope

April is all about raising awareness for functional neurological disorder (FND) and I wanted to do something particularly special after being inspired by FND Hope: I want to share my story with the world. I haven’t talked openly about my struggle with FND, but I think it’s about time I did because I have finally [...]

“Conversion disorder is a mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation,” according to Medline Plus. I have been diagnosed with conversion disorder (CD) for three or four years now, but I can trace my symptoms all the way back to age [...]

The anesthesiologist said, “This is light anesthesia. In 10 minutes after you wake up, you will feel just like you do now.” I waited years for that “10-minute” feeling. Before I had an endoscopy to determine why food felt stuck after I swallowed, I regularly enjoyed six mile runs. After the medical test, I struggled [...]

I hear the words, but have no idea what they mean. “You have functional neurological disorder (FND). Go away and you will be better within 12 months.” Three years later, I’m still trying to understand FND; my symptoms have worsened to paralysis, slurred speech, weakness, dizziness, pain, blurred vision, seizures. I could go on, as [...]

How many of you heard the words, “Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)” for the first time when you received the diagnosis? How many of you asked yourself, What on earth is that? I know I did. Years ago when I first heard of FND, I Google searched it. I got nothing. I then typed in Functional [...]