Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) : a patient's guide including Functional/Dissociative (non-epileptic) Seizures, Functional Movement Disorder and other functional symptoms

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DISCLAIMER: Please do not attempt to diagnose yourself or others using this website. The diagnosis of functional and dissociative neurological symptoms can be difficult and depends on having experience and knowledge of different neurological problems. The views of this website are those of the author alone and not those of NHS Lothian or the University of Edinburgh.

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FUNDING: I'm grateful to the Neurology Research Fund of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh for funding this website. The cost for the website for the first two years was less than £200. I'm especially grateful to Ian Laverty for raising money with this website in mind.

DUTCH Translation in progress by Prof Rien Vermeulen, Neurologist, Amsterdam and Jeannette Gelauff functionelesymptomen.moonfruit.com Click flag to go there

Translation?

Functional Limb Weakness

Functional Tremor

Blackouts / Attacks

Functional Dystonia/Spasm

Sensory Symptoms

Functional Walking Problems

Pain

Word Finding Difficulty

Tiredness / Fatigue

Slurred Speech

Sleep Problems

Bladder Symptoms

Poor Memory / Concentration

Bowel Symptoms

Dissociation

Low Mood

Worry / Panic

Swallowing Problems

Dizziness

Complex Regional Pain

Headache

Functional Jerks and Twitches

Health Anxiety

Facial Spasm

Neurosymptoms in other languages

I am very honoured that neurology, medical and nursing colleagues in a wide range of countries have contacted me to arrange a translation of neurosymptoms.org in to other languages. Words and meanings change in different cultures and so it was important that these sites were adapted by professionals familiar with the topic. Some of these sites are complete. Others are in development

Drop Attacks

Post-Concussion Syndrome

Other Symptoms

Visual Symptoms

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All material on this site is copyright of Prof Jon Stone. All Rights Reserved unless specifically stated otherwise. Original material from this site should not be copied without permission. Please let me know if you want to borrow or reproduce any text from this site by emailing [email protected] I do not collect (and do not have the facility for collecting) data from individuals who visit this site. Like most website operators, neurosymptoms.org and its translations collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use its website. From time to time, neurosymptoms.org may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website as an aggregated statistic

Functional Neurological Forum - www.fnforum.org Functional Neurological forum launched in 2015 as an umbrella organisation for health professionals interested in functional neurological disorders and symptoms. This includes neurologists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation physicians, speech and language therapists and patients interested in promoting awareness of FND Anyone can join fnforum including patients but it is designed as a forum to bring together health professionals, inform them of conferences and other events. If you are looking for a patient forum see the links on the links page Sign up at www.fnforum.org

Also on the site

Many excellent patient led organisations provide information and support for FND Click here for more information

Most people with functional or dissociative neurological symptoms have a combination of symptoms like "weakness, numbness and fatigue" or "blackouts and sleep problems" Click on a symptom on the right or use the menu above to explore the symptoms that are relevant to you. Click on ‘Causes’ to discover what is known about.... • what is going wrong in the body when they do happen.(Mechanisms) and • why people become vulnerable to these symptoms (Causes) • what is known about the accuracy of the diagnosis (Misdiagnosis) Click on 'Not imagined’ for some answers to this issue Click on ‘Treatment’ for discussion of what treatments may help Click on 'Videos' or ‘Stories' for some real patient stories

Video clips relating to FND

Update December 2018

I have carried out an interim update of the site in December - to obtain a security certificate and move off the Adobe Flash platform. The site now runs in html5. Hope you like it it! Jon Stone