FND, explained simply:

Your brain sends signals like
“move,” “speak,” “stand.”

With FND, the signal gets scrambled
on the way.

The body isn’t broken.
The message just doesn’t land.

It’s not imagined.
It’s neurological.

#FND #FNDaware

In the East: “Visceral Agitation,” “Rebellion Counterflow,” “Insanity.”
Seen as Qi or Vata imbalance.

Diagnosing #FND has long been forcing a square peg into a round hole.

The name changed.
The bias didn’t, especially gender bias.

tinyurl.com/2t8mtm2c, tinyurl.com/y56wbcp6
#FNDaware

Before #FND,
it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,”
even “Demonic Possession” in the West.

Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women.
For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there.

The condition didn’t change.
The labels did.

tinyurl.com/3te95ed6
#FNDaware

FND makes people uncomfortable
because it doesn’t behave the way they expect.

Not “visible enough” to feel physical
Not “psychological enough” to feel mental

So people default to doubt.

The condition isn’t confusing.
Our expectations of illness are.

#FND #FNDaware

Small tricks that can help during a flare-up of symptoms:

Distract → Remember, this too shall pass.

Shift your breathing rhythm, take deep long breathe.

You’re grounding your brain, remember the flare-up is now but not forever.

If you're lucky, the flare-up stops.

#FND #FNDaware

I am, #FNDaware ,Functional Neurological Disorder, Are you?

Myth: “FND is a diagnosis of exclusion.”

Fact: There are tests to positively diagnose #FND.

Think:
• software issue
• not hardware issue

Medicine is still catching up to that idea.
April is FND Awareness Month
#FNDaware

Thanks to @achronicvoice.com for sharing my post on what scares me as someone living with #FND!

#FNDAware #Voices4FND

Functional Neurological Disorder is more common than you may think!
#FND #FNDAware #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder

[Text on an orange background, with an image outline of a brain.] April is... Functional Neurological Disorder Awareness Month What is FND? Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a condition that affects the way the brain and body send and receive signals. [Social media icons for Twitch, Instagram, Twitter and Threads, pointing to the username @evilashi. Social media icon for Bluesky pointing to @evilashi@bsky.social.]

[Text on an orange background, with an image outline of a brain.] Functional Neurological Disorder Considered a rare disease, Functional Neurological Disorder is a complex condition that involves multiple areas of the brain, including parts that control emotional regulation and motor movements. FND is considered a condition at the intersection of neurology and psychiatry. It is poorly understood and the exact prevalence is unknown. A person with FND may present with symptoms that mimic with other neurological conditions, such as stroke, Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis, conditions that cause damage to physical structures within the body. Unlike these conditions, however, FND symptoms occur without neurological disease or damage. Instead, symptoms are caused by a disconnect between the brain, body and the nervous system. [Social media icons for Twitch, Instagram, Twitter and Threads, pointing to the username @evilashi. Social media icon for Bluesky pointing to @evilashi@bsky.social.]

[Text on an orange background, with an image outline of a brain.] Functional Neurological Disorder FND has unique clinical features that include: Motor Dysfunction Sensory Dysfunction Altered Awareness Neuropsychological Symptoms Speech Problems Symptoms vary widely from person to person, and can wax and wane. A common misconception is that patients with FND can control some or all of their symptoms, but this is not the case. Patients with FND do not consciously produce their functional symptoms. [Social media icons for Twitch, Instagram, Twitter and Threads, pointing to the username @evilashi. Social media icon for Bluesky pointing to @evilashi@bsky.social.]

[Text on an orange background, with an image outline of a brain.] Functional Neurological Disorder Functional Neurological Disorder produces disability and a decline in the quality of life that is comparable to patients with Parkinson’s or Epilepsy. It is common for other illness or physical injury to trigger functional symptoms, and those symptoms should be treated separately from the co-occurring conditions, and not impede the care and treatment of those conditions. It is also not a diagnosis of exclusion. Help spread awareness about FND in April! #FNDaware #LetsTalkFND Sources: NORD (rarediseases.org), FND Hope (fndhope.org), GARD (rarediseases.info.nih.gov), | Mayo Clinic (mayoclinic.org) [Social media icons for Twitch, Instagram, Twitter and Threads, pointing to the username @evilashi. Social media icon for Bluesky pointing to @evilashi@bsky.social.]

April is Functional Neurological Disorder Awareness Month. I can't sleep, so I made these infographics to channel my frustration.

On my way home today, the sunlight triggered my symptoms and started facial tics that caused me to not be able to open my eyes for 30 minutes. 🥴 #FNDaware #LetsTalkFND

Had a great opportunity yesterday to appear on Notts TV with my colleague Helen Whittle to talk about #FND and our recent event 'Stage and Screen'. #FNDaware #NottinghamTrentUniversity
(Interview startes about 2 minutes in)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnz...

What You Don't See About Living with FND – FND is an invisible illness. The effects of the condition remain unseen and the post lists the frustrations of what you don't see about living with FND

“You don’t observe the nights my body contorts from unrelenting and disabling pain that radiates throughout my legs. Pain that often keeps me awake hours into the fledgeling mornings.” www.brainlesionandme.com/what-you-don...

#FNDAware #FNDAwarenessDay #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll

Are you #FNDAware? Today is FND Awareness Day UK 2025
#fnd #Voices4FND

@fndportal.bsky.social #functionalneurologicdisorder #FNDAware #FND #syncope

Congrats to Molly on her brilliant winning entry on #FND in the Future Neuro #MyUniqueBrain Art Competition. Thank you Molly for raising awareness of FND through your art, especially for all the young people living with FND. 💚🧡

@fndportal.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

#FNDIreland #FNDAware

The FND misinformation in this video is very concerning. They discuss a number of FND symptoms but wrongly believe FND means feigning. They admit they don’t know the cause of the symptoms but they are open to learning more to figure it out.

Dr. Ruhoy, please consider learning about FND ⬇️

#FNDaware

Summary (2/2):
-mocking FND patients could drive them to antivax
-FND is a rule-in diagnosis based on exam findings
-brief videos online are no substitute for a neuro exam
-being #FNDaware helps patients understand the diagnosis & connect to resources
-listen to FND patients

Sepia stock photo of a shirtless man pushing a large round boulder up a hill. The boulder is labeled 'Daily life,' and the man is labeled 'Those with FND.'

We all have Sisyphus stones to push up our hills. Take a moment to think how those with FND do this not knowing when the body and/or mind will fail. We all keep pushing with smiles on our faces.

#fndaware #fnd2024 #FND #PNES #chronicdisorder #invisibledisability #disabilty #camus #mythofsisyphus

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April is FND Awareness Month (Functional Neurological Disorder). I'll be throwing tid bits throughout the month. Today 'What is FND?' Brain and nerves out of sync. 🧠

#fndaware #fnd2024 #functionalneurologicaldisorder #FND #neurologicaldisorder #chronicdisorder #ICD11 #neurology #neuropyschology

Drs. @GGilmourMD and @SarahLidstone present a comprehensive review of FND. #FNDaware

Drs. @LucaMarsili1 @MatteoBologn and I present our approach to tremor and the diagnostic silos, overlap and gaps.

Frontiers | Functional Dystonia: Differentiation From Pri... Dystonia is a common movement disorder, involving sustain...

A wonderfully comprehensive review on functional dystonia from @MGHNeurology⁩ ⁦@Harvard⁩ in ⁦@FrontNeurol⁩ #neurotwitter #neurology #fndaware

PS. Tables 1 and 3 for the busy clinician www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2...

Cranial Functional Movement Disorders: A Case Series with... Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements (TOHM) [ISSN: 216...

A detailed description (with videos) of 26 patients with Cranial Functional Movement Disorders and literature review by @SanjayP30043502 #FND #FNDaware #Neurology

http://tremorjournal.org/article/10.5334/tohm.352

ScienceDirect

Compelling data from ⁦@stephanamayer⁩ ⁦@HenryFordNeuro⁩. Not an uncommon consult during my residency. #FND care deserves better understanding, earlier diagnosis and more resources. #FNDaware www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/...

Tremor severity improved significantly after CBT; associated with changes in the anterior cingulate/paracingulate activity. May represent a marker of emotional dysregulation in FT and predictor of treatment response. #FNDaware in ⁦⁦@GreenJournal⁩ ...

Functional movement disorders: Is the crisis resolved? - Dr. Hallett - 2019 - Movement Disorders - Wiley Online Library #FNDaware https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mds.27713

Hiding in Plain Sight: Functional Neurological Disorders ... Objective: Functional movement and seizure disorders are ...

Hiding in Plain Sight: Functional Neurological Disorders in the News | The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

⁦@LaFaverMD ⁦@jonstoneneuro⁩ #FND #FNDaware neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ne...

“CRYPTOGENIC DROP ATTACKS” REVISITED Background Drop attacks are idiopathic falls occurring pr...

Drop attacks are common, disabling and poorly studied. Our new @JNNP_BMJ paper with 83 patients explores the possibility that, in some, they are a form of functional neurological disorder #fndaware @IngridHoeritza1 @AlanCarson15 https://goo.gl/2Qzta8 https://goo.gl/HVxxc7