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Functional Movement Disorder Caused by Stress?

Posted by SusanEllen66 @SusanEllen66, Apr 28 12:24am

I was just diagnosed with FMD, FND.
I have functional tremors, double vision, I walk like I’m “drunk”, and other annoying things.

My neurologist wants me to go for mental health, and physical therapy.
Apparently FMD is caused by having so much stress in your life, for so long, your brain gets over loaded. My brain is “misfiring”

He would rather I would make some changes in my life to reduce my stress than give me drugs.

Anyone else have FMD because of stress?

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suzleigh | @suzleigh | 2 days ago

It occurred to me to recommend going on Facebook for this. There are several pages devoted to FMD / FND.

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honeybunny49 | @honeybunny49 | 1 day ago

Have been put on several depression med but nothing seems to work. Have been on meds since early 2000s. Tested positive for Covid in May. Been on a roller coaster ride since.

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SusanEllen66 | @SusanEllen66 | 1 day ago
In reply to @suzleigh "@SusanEllen66 I think “conversion disorder” has fallen out of favor, instead itt’s Functional Movement / Function..." + (show)
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@SusanEllen66 I think “conversion disorder” has fallen out of favor, instead itt’s Functional Movement / Function Neurological Disorder.

Looking up ‘conversion” you might run into a whole different thing.

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@suzleigh it’s just a name change as far as I can tell.
I’ve learned as much as I could about FND because I am experiencing many of the issues.

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