Functional Neurological Disorder

"Approximately one-sixth of all patients seen by the neurology service will receive a diagnosis of functional neurological symptoms. This condition is also called 'medically unexplained neurological symptoms'.

"This common condition covers a range of symptoms but most often people experience changes in their ability to move and feel their limbs. People may experience difficulty with walking, balance, problems controlling and moving arms and legs, and experience odd or unpleasant sensations in the body like tingling or pain. Symptoms may fluctuate or be there most of the time causing a lot of distress.

"A good way to help understand functional neurological symptoms is to consider what happens when a computer breaks down. When a computer breaks down, it is usually due to a problem in the software (the programme that makes the computer work) and not the hardware (the computer chips and wires). Similarly, you can think of functional neurological symptoms as a problem where the hardware of your body (brain, spine and nerves) is not damaged, but the software of your body is not working as well as it should."

Source: NHS Greater Glagow and Clyde

FND Action
registered charity
c/o Involve Kent, 39-48 Marsham Street
Maidstone, Kent ME14 1HH
www.fndaction.org.uk
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FND Hope UK
registered charity, part of international FND Hope
21 Chetwode, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1QN
https://tinyurl.com/ux7a2xt

Coronavirus Information (FND Action)
www.fndaction.org.uk/coronavirus-information

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND):  a patient's guide
https://tinyurl.com/y8xrlyzg

Functional Neurological Disorders [includes'What are functional seizures?'], NHS Sheffield Teaching Hospitals website)
https://tinyurl.com/y8vck5ey

FND Magazine: online quarterly magazine of FND Hope
https://tinyurl.com/y9pq4ecy

Functional Neurological Disorder (Patient UK website)
https://tinyurl.com/y4qdfpwu

Functional Neurological Disorder (U.S. National Organization for Rare Disorders)
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fnd

Living with a condition (The Brain Charity)

The library at The Brain Charity has a range of resources on Functional Neurological Disorder and on a wide range of disability-related issues.

This includes copies of the FND Hope booklet 'Functional neurological disorder'.