FND Portal

@FndPortal

Putting the “fun" in "functional neurological disorder. Sharing news, info, and musings about FND. When we work together, we can change things for the better.

Joined November 2018

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 4

    So here’s a potentially productive conversation: is Functional Neurological Disorder really a structural disorder or a functional one? Should it be considered “psychological”? Do we even know what it is? (thread)

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  2. 7 hours ago

    brain: Here’s some awful functional neurological symptoms 👻 me: Damn. Ok. What if I go show them to a doctor? brain: Then they’ll go away 😏 me: is this a f*%$ joke to you

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  3. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Do you know how common FND is? Become more Please retweet!!

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  4. 22 hours ago

    Happy Palindrome Day!

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 1

    The role of hippocampus in predictive processing, for specific and abstract representations, from Kok, Rait, and Turk-Browne.

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  6. Retweeted
    Feb 1

    New very exciting prize for early career UK, US, Canadian researchers! Think step-change, transformative, and relevant to mental health. Good luck!

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    Feb 1

    Dr Susannah Pick giving an enlightening keynote presentation at Division of Neuropsychology event yesterday - potential new treatment directions for FND

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  8. Jan 31

    You don’t need anyone’s permission to tell your story. You can just do it, in whatever way works for you. And it might help someone else understand what they’re going through.

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    Outcome Measures for Functional Neurological Disorder: A Review of the Theoretical Complexities | The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

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  10. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    Three keys words for those of us who have FND, Acceptance, Management, Positivity, all keys components it living with FND.

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  11. Jan 31

    Quick emotional check-in with British friends: how's everybody doing over there today?

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    Congratulations Laura McWhirter on receiving the John D Matthews Postgraduate Award "for academic excellence in neurology" & thanks for nominating her. More on the award:

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    This is a really strong disability plan. It isn't perfect--no plan has been--and it definitely has its quirks, but it's incredibly ambitious, and I'd definitely put it in the top 2. (1/4)

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    Jan 29

    Cajal y la didáctica del error. "Lo peor no es cometer un error, sino tratar de justificarlo, en vez de aprovecharlo como aviso providencial de nuestra ligereza o ignorancia."

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  15. Jan 30

    Would you rather that things were:

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    Do you wish you had more local resources for treatment of your patients with functional movement disorders? Invite your physical, occupational and speech therapists to this upcoming webinar on diagnosis and treatment of FMD!

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    Don’t miss this great opportunity to become

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    Naming an important & complex topic in FND. Many considerations including optimal ways to engage patients, advocacy groups, clinicians, researchers & funders. I generally favor the term FND with subsequent consideration of subtypes (e.g. FND w Seizures).

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  19. Jan 30

    Disorders don’t exist to fit into medical specialties

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  20. Jan 30

    Where specifically in the brain is the non-neurologic mental health realm?

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  21. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    It may feel almost impossible to sum up the physical and emotional pain you have been through since your diagnosis, let alone explain something even doctors don’t fully understand. Let help, with some useful answers

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