Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of the amygdala!

Potentially useful for FND??

@fndportal.bsky.social

Laura Graham who is a masters researcher at York St John University UK is studying FND. She also has FND herself. She’s doing an international anonymous online survey if you would like to take part here's a link -
yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Rethinking FND in Parkinson's: Beyond the Organic Binary The organic vs. functional binary fails Parkinson's patients. Discover why Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) require an embodiment framework to treat.

A while ago I gave a talk at the London Medical Society on “functional” vs “organic” illness (it was rough, I was nervous).

Now Ben Stecher, an awesome Parkinson’s advocate-researcher, analyzes it in this lovely blog post to examine overlap of FND + PD

Delighted! 🙏

tmrwedition.com/2026/03/02/t...

This looks great- the language of predictive coding maps really well on to my experience of FND and how rehab works -

'as arising from a dynamic miscalibration in the brain’s confidence, or “precision,” in its own predictions'

'calibrating the brain’s predictive weighting'

This looks important

The level of complexity is immense, I hope that we do one day have the full paradigm shift I long for - a move beyond mindbody dualism, and with it a complete re evaluation and deeper understanding for people with so-called mental illness.

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3/ " - are seen as social inconveniences for which sufferers have much to answer. Individuals are to be blamed for their character flaws, defective emotional modulation, and so on; lack of willpower is supposed to be the primary problem"

- Antonio R Damasio, 'Decartes Error'

2/" It reflects a basic ignorance of the relation between brain and mind. Diseases of the brain are seen as tragedies visited on people who cannot be blamed for their condition, while diseases of the mind, especially those that effect conduct and emotion -

1/"The distinction between diseases of 'brain' and 'mind', between 'neurological' problems and 'psychological' or psychiatric ones is an unfortunate cultural inheritance the permeates society and medicine,

Just over 2 weeks left to submit your abstracts to the @fndsociety.bsky.social for the biannual FND international conference in Baltimore!

Do come & support this new society for what must be medicine’s oldest & most enigmatic disorder!

@www.fndsociety.org/biennial-meeting/2026/ab...

This is great - a really nice overview of recent FND network studies, and a friendly introduction to predictive processing theory in FND 🙌

Too bad these conditions are among the most stigmatized, and so the least researched

(This goes for FND too!)

Sometimes it feels like a real “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” kind of situation

New @aanmember.bsky.social guidelines for the management of functional seizures led by Ben Tolchin. A landmark for people with FND worldwide.

✅Rigorous evidence-based process
✅Consensus practical recommendations
✅Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social

www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Screenshot of the front page of an article published in the journal Social and Cultural Geography called Remapping the body: an autoethnography of pain, paraesthesia, and the co-production of functional neurological symptoms

New paper outlining a spatial account of #FND and proposing an approach to the co-production of functional symptoms. It draws on my longstanding work on geographies of health knowledges, my recent health experiences, and emerging interdisciplinary conversations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Such a superb, insightful & brave paper from @gailfdavies.bsky.social who so eloquently captures and describes what many of us have noticed about the evolution of symptoms as a result of patients’ interactions with the medical system👏👏💪🏻💪🏻

Straight into my top 10 of best papers ever on FND👌👌

Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine – new open access editorial

Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

As this year closes, hope may not feel loud or triumphant. It may be quiet, tender, or barely noticeable. It may be found in rest, self-kindness, or making it through one more day. If this year took more than it gave, know you are still worthy. Feather-light hope is still singing within you. #fnd

How gratifying that this is finally out!

And what a pleasure to colllaborate on this.

I hope it’s a real step forward for clinical care of people w func seizures.

Also a wonderful learning experience for me personally - extremely rigorous methodology thnx to Maryam Oskoui and co-authors

Dr Mark Halley, photo from NIH web site

I'm heartbroken to learn of the passing of Dr. Mark Hallett.

A few thoughts in remembrance…

An important study (IMO) looking at social dynamics re: FND on Twitter.

People w FND face continual attack by a variety of groups who dismiss our condition and experiences - ranging from abusive clinicians to other disabled people.

It makes it even harder to exist in public with this dx.

A canvas sign advertising the 36th International Epilepsy Congress in Lisbon, Portugal

Hey folks.

ILAE's International Epilepsy Congress is now concluded (great meeting!), so I thought I'd share a few highlights from my talk on Functional / Dissociative Seizures (FDS).

The full talk (and recording) belong to ILAE, but here are some of the key points!

Thankyou that means a lot 😁🙏

Thanks dude, that’s really kind 🙏

I know what I’m reading this weekend! 😎

Thanks 🙏 - wasn’t sure if this is technically correct as I’m not a neuroscientist, just a musician trying to make sense of all this stuff!

Ok thanks🙏 - so maybe I can use this way of thinking and explaining one of the mechanisms behind FND

Really looking forward to this www.rsm.ac.uk/events/hypno...
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