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Has anyone had to deal with a functional neurological disorder?
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Mar 31 12:22pm | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
On October 7th, 2025, my life changed when a box fell on the back of my head. I sent my system haywire because 30 years ago, I was in a car accident that put me in a two-week coma. I have seen many specialists and feel lost. I have been diagnosed with FND along with many other diagnoses. I have all of your symptoms plus more. You are not alone. It is actually nice to hear from someone experiencing similar symptoms. This is my first time saying something on Mayo Connect. I am a little nervous. I'm not sure if anyone understands because I have felt so alone and that no one believes me. Also, my brain understands everything going on around me, but it is like it's offline, where I lose the ability to connect and do other things, like speak or move/control my arms and legs.
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@jaberg Welcome to the team and Mayo clinic connect, Hi my name is randy and i understand FND because i had a few brief encounters with some of the symptoms, Had a tumor in my brain and sis not know what a new chapter in my life this was going to be. First symptom was a ground seizure that happened twice before being treated and hospitalized. Now have to jump forward to the present time . It has been two years this march that they operated on me and have come so far in recovery from two brain surgeries. I have new life noww.
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@jaberg Thank you for your reply, and I sympathize with what you are also going through.
1. What treatment plan, if any, are you on or that has been offerend to you?
2. Have you spoken with anyone else about our respective similar symptoms, and if so, what have you been told?
I went back to read some previous messages, a fellow (who wrote three years ago on Mayo Connect) said that FND is not a psychologicial issue, it is a brain issue - that FND is due to a problem with the functioning of the nervous system - the result of FND is that the brain had been rewired (from trauma) - FND is simply a result of this rewiring - brain hardward is okay, it is the brain software is not.
3. Have you heard this?
I greatly appreciate your comments on Mayo Connect.