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  1. ToneAl

    Unravelling the influence of affective stimulation on functional neurological symptoms: A pilot experiment examining potential mechanisms 2023, Pick

    It's funny most of these so called patient support groups are front for doctors Trying to push fnd onto patients
  2. ToneAl

    Parity of esteem within the biopsychosocial model: is psychiatry still a psychological profession?

    There are some Dr Allen Francis the Psychiatrist who worked on the DSM is often on twitter pointing out Inconsistencies and other mistakes other doctors make about psychiatry.
  3. ToneAl

    Characteristics and multidisciplinary team management of FND, 2023, Rixon et al.

    Fraud for Freud. Yes he was a major fraud but got away with it.
  4. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    Nice articles here just here Sone of the poisitive signs discused in the article can be false negatives false positives which can cloud judgement and show bias. But they never give a theoretical point on why phych based disease can give physical symptoms
  5. ToneAl

    Psychiatrists’ attitudes towards functional neurological disorders: results from a national survey 2023, Marotta et al

    The old conversion disorder is still valid. Drugging patients out of their mind is not appropiate then but the snake oil of physio is more appropiate.
  6. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    Maybe the whole construct is made up and the made up numbers is one piece of the pie. So if they have to admit to one mistake how many others do have to admit to.
  7. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    From your blog the main arguement in using hoovers test for functional symptoms fro what i read is that functional weakness ia voluntary. Which is the most absurd explanation and can not be tested
  8. ToneAl

    The neuroimaging evidence of brain abnormalities in functional movement disorders, 2021, Sasikumar and Strafella

    Maybe the neuropsyvhs are on the gravy train withbthe neurologists and dont wantbto admit it. Evryone has had some form of traumatic event at one atage of their lives so every9ne can have fnd
  9. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    He is having a bet either way. He trying to cling on to the idea of conversion disorder and cbt and physio are treatments but if newer research indicated its biological then the fnd construct was rubbish and his whole world of fnd just crumbles so if he was serious he should say he got it all...
  10. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    Here is another post elsewhere it fits very well with this article Medical gaslighting in the multiple sclerosis community where an MRI might not show any recent inflammatory results but the patient is becoming worse. . Dr. Gavin Giovannini explains in his blog...
  11. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    Is there also different types of mri such as T1 T2 and Flair. I have read that some conditions require different types or othereise they miss it. Alo the skill of the radiologist is also important. Functional overlay is a bad term when higher res scsns show more damage
  12. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    This brings up a couple of point to consider 1 if tech in hospitals arent up to date and diagnosis is based upon them how many misdiagnosis is there. 2 Is the current tech enough to diagnosis every condition 3 Would new tech be able to diagnose missed conditions from todays tech
  13. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    An interesting point made by mike on daves blog nn “A normal MRI of the brain and spinal cord is compatible with progressive MS” Source: https://www.msard-journal.com/article/S2211-0348(20)30795-1/fulltext So if doctors arent up to date or ignore fact then the whole fnd construct is rubbish...
  14. ToneAl

    Review Neuropsychological evaluation of functional cognitive disorder: a narrative review 2023 Silverberg and Rush

    From what ibhave read and tried to understand most of these tests and diagnosises are in the mind of the physician. So what we get is mostly biased diagnosis and lots of missed conditions. So the whole construct is rubish
  15. ToneAl

    Economic Cost of Functional Neurologic Disorders: A Systematic Review, 2023, O'Mahony, Edwards et al

    I wonder how much people give up on the medical proffession until something goes horribly wrong.Then go emergemcy or to another who diagnoses correctly. So the rate of rediagnosis is very low or every other shows their biases and wont rediagnose
  16. ToneAl

    Economic Cost of Functional Neurologic Disorders: A Systematic Review, 2023, O'Mahony, Edwards et al

    One should do a study of misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis because of this silly idealogy.and the human costs and extra costs of not diagnosing it early.
  17. ToneAl

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - articles, social media and discussion

    This case highlights some important poits. The biasis of doctors to diagnose a physch condition rather than a biological one on the basis of all tests are negative. The limitations of current technology and the belief of infalibility of technology. The doctor should have said i dont know
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