Each year, about 20 % of the 70 million people who are evaluated in epilepsy clinics turn out to have seizures that cannot be identified by any physical cause in the brain. The trouble, which ...
The Government acknowledged that FND is a 'complex condition' and that more must be done to enhance services for those living ...
Shortly after the beginning of the COVID crisis, I met my first client with functional neurological disorder (FND). I've practiced in the mental health field for more than a decade. Yet, I'd never ...
A singer and DJ from Sheffield who suffered up to eight seizures a day has returned to the stage, saying keeping "fit and healthy" has helped her to reduce their frequency. April Stocks, who goes by ...
FND is very real yet often dismisssed in medical settings. It can stem from inherited stress response, life shocks or repeated traumatic experiences. It may present as tremors, seizures, paralysis, ...
A Co Down woman, whose life was turned upside down after she was diagnosed with a neurological disorder, has called for greater awareness of the condition. For two years, Samantha Campbell from ...
What “started as chest pain, tics and seizure-looking episodes” eventually “affected my entire body,” she said. “I wasn’t able to go to school and wasn’t able to get any answers. I lost my memory and ...