I know I talk a lot about the legacy of hysteria & neurasthenia, but I want to be super clear that I don’t boost stuff that equates FND w hysteria.
we have a huge problem where many docs treat *most* clinical dx’es as polite ways to diagnose hysteria, no single dx holds blame.
we have a huge problem where many docs treat *most* clinical dx’es as polite ways to diagnose hysteria, no single dx holds blame.
for just about every proposed illness pathology that you roll your eyes at because it is so clearly not what’s been happening in your personal body, there’s somebody who’s like “oh shit, that’s exactly what’s happening for me!”
including FND.
including FND.
instead of telling other patients that they’re interpreting their own experiences incorrectly (which is what doctors do to us), we need to start by assuming that maybe we are having different embodied experiences? so of course different diagnostic combos make sense?
I know that one of the biggest frustrations w FND is how it’s used by a lot of unscrupulous doctors as an excuse to stop looking for other underlying problems.
but… this is not unique to FND? nobody thinks anxiety & depression are fake tho they’re used to deny care in same way?
but… this is not unique to FND? nobody thinks anxiety & depression are fake tho they’re used to deny care in same way?
(when I say “nobody” I mean “nobody in these very niche conversations about how doctors continue to blame way too many things on a wandering womb” not “nobody in the world”. ofc there are people in the world who think anxiety & depression are fake. the world can be awful.)
I think we all (myself included) need to get consistently better at differentiating between “that’s not the thing that’s happening to me” and “that’s not a thing that happens to anybody.”
it can be hard to remember this distinction matters when pursuing care, but it does.
it can be hard to remember this distinction matters when pursuing care, but it does.
and I know this whole controversy emerges from wanting to help people who are misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed, I do!
but again, FND is not unique here. there are people dx’ed with FND *and* for ex EDS, POTS etc who experience FND as distinct. why not believe them?
but again, FND is not unique here. there are people dx’ed with FND *and* for ex EDS, POTS etc who experience FND as distinct. why not believe them?
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