Personal stories, practical reflections and honest notes about living with Functional Neurological Disorder. New guides now cover sleep, symptom hangovers, heat and seizure thresholds, driving rules, sensory overload, neurodivergence, hypermobility, hormone tracking, emergency symptoms, PIP, work adjustments, pacing, relationships and diagnosis.
Hope matters. But when recovery is presented as an expectation rather than a possibility, people whose FND symptoms persist can be left feeling blamed, judged or as though they have failed treatment.
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FND does not only change bodies and routines. It can change who calls, who keeps inviting you, who believes you and which friendships are able to adapt when life becomes unpredictable.
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Dental care can be particularly daunting when managing FND symptoms. Bright lights, loud drills, and vibrations can act as significant triggers. A practical guide to navigating dental appointments, fostering better communication, and advocating for reasonable adjustments for a safer and more comfortable experience.
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Flying with Functional Neurological Disorder is not a simple yes or no. The useful question is whether your current symptom pattern, pressure sensitivity, airport load and recovery plan make this journey manageable today.
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FND can make you doubt your own reality. Not because the symptoms are fake, but because fluctuating symptoms, normal tests, stigma and disbelief can teach you to question yourself before anyone else gets the chance.
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When you have Functional Neurological Disorder, parenting can become a sensory and emotional balancing act. You can love your children deeply and still need distance from the noise, arguments and intensity that teenagers sometimes bring.
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A good day with Functional Neurological Disorder can still be a carefully managed day. It can mean planning, pacing, masking, aids, recovery time and a cost that other people do not see.
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Poor sleep can reduce the spare capacity your nervous system has to stay regulated. Here is how to plan the next day with FND.
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One busy day can create a delayed FND flare. Learn how recovery debt works and how to plan activity without feeding boom-and-bust cycles.
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Heat is not just uncomfortable for many people with FND. SeizeControl evidence shows that rising environmental temperature can lower the nervous-system threshold for functional seizures, tics, tremor and overload, making forward planning essential when the forecast climbs.
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FND symptoms vary hugely, so UK driving rules are not applied by the diagnosis label alone. They are applied by the symptom, the risk, the licence group and whether you can drive safely today.
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Why autism, ADHD, hEDS, HSD, sensory overload and functional neurological symptoms keep coming up in the same conversations - and how to make the overlap useful without over-claiming it.
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A practical guide to deciding when symptoms fit a familiar FND flare and when they need urgent medical help because they are new, sudden, severe or different.
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A practical guide to noticing patterns around periods, perimenopause, menopause and functional seizures without turning every symptom into a hormone explanation.
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A practical guide to PIP, Adult Disability Payment, benefits checks, Blue Badge, Motability and mobility support when Functional Neurological Disorder affects everyday life.
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What to ask for, what your employer should consider, how sick leave works, and where to get help when FND starts affecting your job.
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The emotional reality of being a partner, not just a caregiver.
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A practical guide to finding your pacing sweet spot: doing what matters while protecting energy for later.
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