Is FND Treatable? What the Decision Path Looks Like After Other Conditions Are Excluded

The scan is normal. So is the EEG, the blood work, the second scan. A neurologist leans forward and says the phrase you did not expect: functional neurological disorder. Your legs still shake. Your right hand still does not quite belong to you. And the first question that arrives, before you have even reached the parking lot, is the one that matters most: is FND treatable, or have you just been handed a label and a door?

It is a fair question, because for years many people were handed exactly that. The tests were negative, so the symptoms were waved off as stress, or imagination, or something to be endured. That approach has been overturned. FND is now understood as a disorder of how the nervous system processes signals, with its own positive diagnostic signs and its own evidence-based treatments.

What follows is the decision path that opens once other conditions are set aside: what the diagnosis really rests on, which therapies exist for which symptoms, who is offered what, and what honest expectations look like.

Is FND treatable? The short, honest answer

Is FND treatable? Yes. It is not a degenerative disease, it does not damage brain tissue, and the pathways that carry movement, sensation and attention remain physically intact. That intact hardware is the whole reason treatment works: the aim is to retrain how the nervous system uses circuitry that is already there.

Mainstream sources agree on the broad picture. The NHS describes FND as a condition where the brain has trouble sending and receiving signals correctly, and states that treatment can help many people improve. Mayo Clinic notes that symptoms often improve with treatment and that a clear, supportive explanation of the diagnosis is itself part of that treatment. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) lists physical therapy, occupational therapy and psychological therapies among the approaches with supporting evidence.

Honesty cuts the other way too. FND is not a single condition with a single fix. Someone whose main symptom is a functional tremor follows a different path from someone with functional seizures, and both differ from someone with chronic functional leg weakness after an injury. Improvement can be quick for some and slow for others. A proportion of people have symptoms that persist or return under stress, even with good care. None of the reputable sources promise a full resolution for everyone, and neither should this article.

So the accurate framing is this: FND is a treatable condition with a variable course, where early explanation, the right therapy for the right symptom and a consistent team give the best chance of meaningful recovery. The rest of the decision path builds on that foundation.

What FND is, and why a clear scan is only half the diagnosis

Functional neurological disorder is the name for genuine neurological symptoms, such as weakness, tremor, blackouts, numbness or speech change, that arise from a problem with how the nervous system functions rather than from structural disease. Think of a laptop whose hardware is fine but whose software keeps crashing: the machine is not broken, yet it does not do what you ask.

Older names for the same territory include conversion disorder, which MedlinePlus still uses, and psychogenic or non-epileptic seizures for the seizure-type presentation. The shift toward the word functional reflects a change in understanding. FND is not defined as a psychiatric reaction to trauma, although stress and past adversity are relevant for some people. It is defined by how the symptoms behave on examination.

That last point is the one most patients never hear. A normal MRI does not diagnose FND. Neurologists look for positive signs, meaning features present in the examination that show the underlying pathway is working even while the symptom is present. Two well-known examples:

• Hoover’s sign: a leg that cannot push down on command does push down automatically when the other leg is asked to lift, demonstrating intact strength.
• Tremor entrainment: a functional tremor changes rhythm or pauses when the person taps a different rhythm with the other hand, something a Parkinsonian tremor does not do.

Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic both describe FND as a rule-in diagnosis made on these grounds. The exclusion of other conditions is important, since stroke, epilepsy or multiple sclerosis need their own care, but exclusion alone is not the diagnosis. Understanding this is the first step onto the treatment path, because a diagnosis you can see demonstrated in your own body is one you can trust.

How FND treatment works in plain language

Every effective FND therapy relies on the same mechanism: shifting movement, sensation or attention away from conscious, effortful control and back toward the automatic processing the brain normally uses. Healthy movement is largely unconscious. You do not think about each muscle when you walk to the kitchen. In FND, attention gets pulled toward the body part, the brain’s prediction of what that body part will do becomes distorted, and the more effort a person puts in, the worse the symptom often gets.

Treatment reverses that loop in three broad ways.

First, explanation. Understanding that the symptom is real, that the pathways are intact and that the diagnosis rests on visible signs reduces the fear and vigilance that keep the loop running. Mayo Clinic describes this education as a core treatment element rather than a preamble.

Second, retraining. Specialist physiotherapy uses distraction, rhythm, mirrors and automatic movement patterns to let the limb do what it can do when attention is elsewhere. A person who cannot lift a foot on command may step over an obstacle without thinking. Therapists build on those moments rather than on strengthening exercises, which can worsen functional weakness by increasing effort.

Third, addressing what maintains the symptoms. For some that means treating anxiety, low mood, poor sleep or pain, all of which can amplify functional symptoms. For others it means recognizing warning signs before a functional seizure and learning grounding techniques that interrupt the episode. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a structured talking therapy that works on the links between thoughts, attention, behavior and physical sensation, is the most studied psychological approach.

Nothing here is a trick or a placebo. It is targeted rehabilitation of a nervous system that has learned an unhelpful pattern and can, with practice, learn a better one.

The diagnosis conversation: why explanation counts as the first treatment

Many people can name the exact moment their FND either began to improve or became entrenched: the appointment where they received the diagnosis. That is not sentiment. Reputable sources, including Mayo Clinic and the NHS, treat the quality of the explanation as a determinant of how well someone does afterward.

A good diagnostic conversation has recognizable features. The clinician names the condition clearly, rather than saying only what it is not. They show the positive signs, ideally demonstrating Hoover’s sign or tremor entrainment on the person’s own body, so the diagnosis is something witnessed rather than asserted. They explain that the symptoms are real and common, that they are not being faked and that they can improve. They describe the mechanism in ordinary words. And they point to a written or online resource so the person can revisit the explanation later, when the shock has passed.

A poor conversation does the opposite: it leads with normal test results, implies the symptoms must be psychological in the dismissive sense, offers no name, and closes the door without a plan. People who leave that room often spend months searching for another diagnosis, and every extra investigation reinforces the message that something structural must be hiding.

If your own diagnosis conversation felt like the second kind, it is reasonable to ask for a follow-up appointment specifically to go through the diagnosis and the signs that support it. Asking is not doubting the neurologist; it is doing the first piece of treatment properly. Some neurology services have FND-specific clinics or nurse specialists for exactly this purpose, and a primary care doctor can usually request that referral. The person who understands why their leg does not move is far better placed to begin teaching it to move again.

Who is offered which FND treatment options, and who is asked to wait

Once the diagnosis is secure, the treating team matches the approach to the dominant symptom and to the person’s readiness. There is no single queue everyone joins.

People with functional movement symptoms, meaning weakness, gait disturbance, tremor, dystonia (sustained abnormal posturing) or jerks, are usually referred to physiotherapy with FND experience, sometimes alongside occupational therapy for daily tasks. Those with functional seizures, also called dissociative or non-epileptic seizures, are more often directed toward psychological therapy, because the episodes tend to respond to work on triggers, warning signs and grounding rather than to physical retraining. Speech and language therapy is offered where speech, voice or swallowing symptoms dominate. Where several symptoms coexist, or where pain, fatigue and low mood sit on top, a multidisciplinary program that combines these threads may be recommended.

Who is asked to wait, and why, is equally important:

• People who do not yet accept the diagnosis. Rehabilitation depends on working with the idea that the pathways are intact; a person still convinced a structural cause is being missed will, understandably, put effort into the limb in the wrong way. Teams often spend more time on explanation before starting therapy.
• People in the middle of a genuinely unresolved diagnostic question. If a neurologist has flagged an atypical feature needing one more investigation, therapy is usually paused until that is settled so the diagnosis stands on firm ground.
• People with an untreated severe depressive episode, active suicidal thoughts or an eating disorder, where those conditions take priority for safety.
• People in acute crisis, such as a housing emergency, where attending weekly sessions is not realistic and a shorter stabilizing plan comes first.

Waiting in these situations is not rejection. It is sequencing, and it is the treating team’s call, ideally made with the person rather than about them.

Physiotherapy for functional movement symptoms: retraining automatic movement

FND physiotherapy looks nothing like the physiotherapy most people picture. There is little emphasis on strengthening, stretching or repetitive muscle work, because in functional weakness the muscle is not weak; the problem is access to it. Pushing harder often makes the limb heavier. Instead, the therapist’s toolkit is built around redirecting attention.

A typical session might involve walking while carrying a tray of water, so attention goes to the tray and the legs are left to look after themselves. It might use a mirror so the person watches their whole body rather than fixating on the affected side. For tremor, therapists teach entrainment as a technique: tapping a slow rhythm with the good hand, then gradually slowing or stopping, can quiet the tremor in the affected hand. For functional gait, backward walking, side-stepping or walking to music can unlock a smoother pattern than forward walking on command.

Movement is broken into automatic components. A person who cannot lift the foot to step may be able to shift weight, then let the foot swing, then repeat that rhythm without labeling it as stepping. Small automatic wins are collected and expanded. Between sessions, people are given practice that fits into daily life rather than long exercise routines, and they are taught what to do when a symptom flares: pause, distract, reset, rather than fight it.

The NHS and NINDS both list physiotherapy as a mainstay for functional movement symptoms. The evidence base includes consensus recommendations and controlled trials, and although the field still lacks the very large trials that exist for stroke rehabilitation, the direction of findings is consistent. Two practical points follow. A therapist who does not know FND may unintentionally use the wrong approach, so asking about FND experience is reasonable. And because the work is about retraining, consistency between sessions usually matters more than intensity within them.

Psychological therapy for FND, including functional seizures

Recommending psychological therapy for FND is not a coded way of saying the symptoms are imaginary. It reflects a mechanism: attention, threat processing and dissociation, which is a sense of detachment from oneself or one’s surroundings, all run through the same brain networks that generate functional symptoms. Working on those processes can change the symptoms directly.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the best-studied approach. For functional seizures it focuses on recognizing early warning signs, such as tunnel vision, a rising sense of unreality or a particular body sensation, and applying grounding techniques at that moment: feet firmly on the floor, naming objects in the room, controlled breathing, deliberately shifting attention outward. Over time, the aim is to shorten and space out episodes and to reduce the fear of the next one, since anticipatory anxiety is itself a common trigger. MedlinePlus and Mayo Clinic both describe CBT as a standard component of care for conversion disorder presentations, and Cleveland Clinic notes that treating coexisting anxiety or depression can improve functional symptoms.

Other approaches are used depending on the person. Trauma-focused therapies may be appropriate when past trauma is clearly relevant, but they are not assumed to be necessary for everyone; many people with FND have no trauma history, and insisting on one can drive people away. Acceptance-based and mindfulness-based therapies help some people reduce the struggle against symptoms. Family sessions can be useful when relatives have, with the best intentions, taken over tasks the person could relearn.

What psychological therapy does not do is act as a diagnostic verdict. Being referred to a psychologist does not mean the neurologist has changed their mind about the neurological nature of the disorder. Most FND specialists describe the ideal as neurology and psychology working in parallel rather than passing the person back and forth.

Is there medication for FND? What the evidence actually shows

There is no medicine that treats FND itself. That statement surprises people, and it is worth being precise about it. No drug class has been shown in controlled trials to restore function in a functional limb or to stop functional seizures by acting on the disorder’s core mechanism. Antiseizure medicines do not work for functional seizures because there is no abnormal electrical discharge for them to suppress, and continuing them unnecessarily exposes people to side effects while reinforcing the wrong diagnosis. Decisions about stopping any such medicine, however, belong to the prescribing clinician, since the diagnosis must be secure and some people have both epilepsy and functional seizures.

Medication does have a role around the edges. Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic both describe treating coexisting conditions, and this is where prescribing usually happens:

• Depression and anxiety, when present, may be treated with antidepressant classes such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. These act by altering serotonin signaling and typically take several weeks to show mood effects; any benefit for functional symptoms is indirect, through lowering the anxiety and low mood that amplify them.
• Chronic pain, which commonly travels with FND, may be managed with standard pain approaches, ideally non-drug first.
• Sleep disturbance and migraine are addressed on their own merits.

Certain medicines can make functional symptoms worse. Sedatives and opioids can increase dissociation, fatigue and fogginess, and many FND programs work with the prescriber to review them. Again, that is a conversation to have with the treating team rather than a change to make alone.

The honest summary: medication in FND is about clearing the ground so rehabilitation can work, not about treating the disorder directly. If someone offers a pill that promises to fix FND, the evidence does not support that claim.

FND treatment options at a glance

The table below summarizes how treating teams commonly match approaches to symptom type. It is a map, not a prescription; the exact mix is decided case by case, and many people use more than one column at once.

Approach	Usually considered for	What it targets	Typical setting and rhythm
Diagnosis explanation and education	Everyone with FND	Understanding, trust in the diagnosis, reduced fear and vigilance	Neurology appointment plus written resources; sometimes a dedicated follow-up
Specialist physiotherapy	Functional weakness, gait disturbance, tremor, dystonia, jerks	Redirecting attention, rebuilding automatic movement, flare management	Outpatient sessions over weeks to months; some intensive programs run daily for one to a few weeks
Occupational therapy	Difficulty with daily tasks, fatigue, work or school demands	Pacing, task adaptation, graded return to activity	Outpatient or home-based, often alongside physiotherapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy	Functional seizures; movement symptoms with strong anxiety or avoidance	Warning-sign recognition, grounding, attention, unhelpful beliefs about symptoms	Weekly or fortnightly sessions over several months
Speech and language therapy	Functional speech, voice or swallowing symptoms	Automatic speech patterns, breath and voice retraining	Outpatient sessions, frequency set by therapist
Treatment of coexisting conditions	Depression, anxiety, chronic pain, migraine, insomnia	Removing amplifiers of functional symptoms	Primary care or psychiatry; medicine decisions rest with the prescriber
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation	Severe, long-standing or mixed presentations	All of the above, coordinated	Specialist FND programs, outpatient or inpatient

Two things are notable by their absence. There is no row for a disease-modifying medicine, because none exists. And there is no row for repeated scanning or investigation, because once the diagnosis is made on positive signs, further tests rarely help and frequently harm by prolonging uncertainty. NINDS and the NHS both frame this multidisciplinary picture as the standard of care.

Functional neurological disorder recovery: what the first weeks and months usually look like

Timelines in FND are genuinely variable, so what follows is a description of common patterns rather than a schedule. The NHS notes that some people improve quickly after diagnosis and treatment while others take longer, and Mayo Clinic describes a similar range.

The first days after diagnosis are often turbulent. Relief that it is not a tumor or MS can sit alongside anger at years of being dismissed, or fear that this is a polite way of saying nothing is wrong. Symptoms sometimes fluctuate more during this period, which is normal and not a sign the diagnosis is wrong. Reading a good explanation twice, sleeping, and telling one trusted person what the diagnosis actually means are reasonable early tasks.

In the first weeks of therapy, most people are learning to notice their own patterns: which situations pull attention to the limb, what a functional seizure’s first thirty seconds feel like, how effort affects tremor. Early automatic wins, such as a smoother step when distracted, may appear before any change in day-to-day function. Therapists tend to warn that improvement is rarely linear; a good week followed by a bad one is the rule, not the exception.

Over months, gains often consolidate. Walking becomes more reliable, seizure episodes may shorten or thin out, tasks that were handed to others come back. Setbacks after illness, poor sleep or a stressful event are common and are usually treated as practice opportunities rather than failures. People who do well often describe a shift from monitoring the body to trusting it.

Some symptoms resolve completely within this window. Others improve partially, and a minority persist. What the literature and the major sources agree on is that early, clear diagnosis and prompt, appropriate therapy are associated with better trajectories than years of drift. The following days and weeks matter more than most people are told.

Does FND go away completely, and is FND a permanent disability?

These are the questions people type into search engines at two in the morning, so they deserve straight answers.

Does FND ever fully go away? For some people, yes. Complete resolution of symptoms happens, particularly when the diagnosis is made early, the explanation lands well and treatment starts promptly. For others, symptoms improve substantially but a residual tremor, occasional weakness under stress or rare functional seizures remain. And for a minority, symptoms are persistent and disabling despite good care. No major source offers a single percentage that applies to everyone, and this article will not invent one. What can be said is that FND has a wide range of outcomes, and that the treatable end of that range is real.

Is FND a permanent disability? It can be disabling, sometimes profoundly, and people with severe or long-standing FND may qualify for disability support in the same way as people with any other condition that limits function. But permanent is a different word. FND does not involve progressive tissue damage, so the ceiling on recovery is not fixed by the disease itself. People have improved after many years of symptoms. Disability in FND is better understood as current than as permanent, even when it has lasted a long time.

How bad can FND get? At its most severe, FND can cause inability to walk, prolonged functional seizures, loss of speech or dependence on others for daily care. Those presentations are serious and need coordinated specialist input, but they do not reflect a more dangerous disease process; they reflect a more entrenched functional pattern.

What is the life expectancy with FND? FND itself does not shorten life. Mayo Clinic and NINDS describe it as a non-degenerative, non-life-threatening condition. Risks to health come indirectly, through falls, immobility, side effects of unnecessary medicines, or untreated depression, all of which are reasons to pursue treatment rather than reasons to fear the diagnosis.

What people often get wrong about FND

Myths about FND are not harmless. Several of them directly delay treatment, so correcting them is part of the decision path.

Myth: FND means the doctors could not find anything, so they gave up. The diagnosis is made on positive signs that demonstrate intact pathways, not on the absence of findings. A neurologist who names FND has found something specific.

Myth: The symptoms are faked or exaggerated. Functional symptoms are involuntary. Feigning is a separate and uncommon phenomenon, and the examination features that support FND, such as Hoover’s sign, are ones people cannot deliberately produce. Every major source, from MedlinePlus to the NHS, states plainly that the symptoms are real.

Myth: There must be a hidden trauma. Stress and past adversity are risk factors for some people and irrelevant for others. Many people develop FND after a physical trigger such as an injury, infection or a fainting episode. Treatment does not require finding a buried cause.

Myth: Rest is the safest option. Prolonged rest tends to deepen functional weakness and fatigue by increasing attention to the body and shrinking the range of automatic movement. Graded, guided activity is the evidence-based direction, with pacing rather than avoidance.

Myth: Referral to a psychologist means the neurologist thinks it is all in your head. Psychological therapy in FND targets the same brain networks the neurologist is describing. Neurology and psychology are meant to run in parallel.

Myth: One more scan will settle it. Once positive signs have been demonstrated and appropriate exclusion tests are done, repeated imaging almost never changes the diagnosis, but it reliably prolongs uncertainty and delays therapy.

Myth: FND will inevitably get worse. It is not progressive. The course is variable and responsive to treatment, which is a very different thing from a slow decline.

Questions to ask your care team about FND treatment

A good consultation is a two-way exchange, and people who arrive with questions tend to leave with a plan they understand. These are the ones FND specialists most often wish they had been asked.

• Which positive signs did you find in my examination, and can you show me one so I understand how the diagnosis was made?
• Have all the conditions that need excluding for my particular symptoms been excluded, or is there anything you still want to check before we start treatment?
• Which of my symptoms do you consider functional, and are any of them from a separate condition that needs its own care?
• What is the first step in treatment for my main symptom, and who will deliver it?
• Does the physiotherapist or psychologist you are referring me to have experience with FND specifically?
• What should I do during a flare or a functional seizure, and what should the people around me do?
• Are any of my current medicines likely to be making the symptoms worse, and should any be reviewed?
• How will we know whether treatment is working, and when would we reconsider the approach?
• What are the warning signs that would mean I need urgent reassessment rather than more rehabilitation?
• Is there a written or online resource you recommend so I can explain this to my family and my employer?
• Who is my point of contact between appointments if something changes?

It is reasonable to bring someone with you and to take notes, since the diagnosis conversation carries a great deal of information at a moment when most people are absorbing very little. If any answer feels vague, asking for it to be put in writing is a normal request. The plan that emerges belongs to you and your treating team together, and no decision in it needs to be made in a hurry.

When to call your doctor

FND is not life-threatening in itself, but it can coexist with other conditions, and some features should never be assumed to be functional without assessment. Treat the following as reasons to seek urgent care, by calling emergency services where the situation is severe or evolving quickly:

• Sudden new weakness, facial droop, slurred speech or loss of vision, especially if it differs from your usual pattern. These are stroke warning signs and need emergency assessment every time, regardless of an FND diagnosis.
• A seizure-like episode that lasts more than a few minutes, involves injury, causes tongue biting with blood, or is followed by confusion lasting well beyond your usual recovery time.
• A severe, sudden-onset headache unlike any you have had before, or a headache with fever, neck stiffness or a rash.
• New loss of bladder or bowel control, numbness around the groin or saddle area, or rapidly worsening leg weakness.
• Fever with confusion or drowsiness.
• Thoughts of harming yourself or ending your life.

Less urgent, but still worth contacting your care team about within days: a clear change in the character of your symptoms, a new symptom your neurologist has not assessed, a fall or injury caused by symptoms, side effects from any medicine, or a sense that the diagnosis no longer fits what you are experiencing. A treating team that knows you can usually tell quickly whether something needs reassessment or is a flare to work through.

Having FND does not exempt anyone from other illnesses, and clinicians with FND experience would far rather assess a red flag that turns out to be functional than miss one that is not. When in doubt, call.

Frequently asked questions

Does FND ever fully go away?

For some people, yes; complete resolution of symptoms does happen, particularly when the diagnosis is made early and treatment starts promptly. Others improve substantially but keep a residual symptom that returns under stress, and a minority have persistent symptoms despite good care. Major sources describe a wide range of outcomes rather than a single figure. The condition is not progressive, so improvement remains possible even after long periods.

Is FND a permanent disability?

FND can be disabling, sometimes severely, and people with long-standing symptoms may qualify for disability support like anyone else with limited function. It is not permanent in the sense of a fixed, irreversible condition, because there is no tissue damage placing a ceiling on recovery. People have improved after years of symptoms, which is why specialists prefer to describe FND-related disability as current rather than lifelong.

What is the life expectancy of someone with FND?

FND itself does not shorten life. It is a non-degenerative, non-life-threatening condition, as Mayo Clinic and NINDS describe. Health risks arise indirectly, for example from falls, prolonged immobility, side effects of unnecessary medicines or untreated depression. Each of those is a reason to engage with treatment and to keep coexisting conditions well managed, rather than a feature of the disorder that threatens survival.

How bad can FND get?

At its most severe, FND can cause inability to walk, prolonged or frequent functional seizures, loss of speech, or dependence on others for daily tasks. These presentations are serious and need coordinated specialist rehabilitation. They do not indicate a more dangerous disease process, only a more entrenched functional pattern, and even severe presentations can improve with multidisciplinary treatment. Severity is not the same as permanence.

What are the main FND treatment options?

Treatment is matched to the symptom type. A clear explanation of the diagnosis comes first for everyone. Specialist physiotherapy is the mainstay for functional weakness, gait problems and tremor; cognitive behavioral therapy is the most studied approach for functional seizures; speech therapy addresses speech and swallowing symptoms; occupational therapy helps with daily function. Coexisting anxiety, depression or pain are treated in their own right, and complex cases may use a multidisciplinary program.

Does FND go away on its own without treatment?

Some people, particularly those with a brief episode after a clear trigger, do improve without formal therapy once they understand the diagnosis. Many do not, and untreated FND tends to become more entrenched as attention to the body and avoidance of activity increase. Because early explanation and prompt treatment are associated with better trajectories, waiting to see whether symptoms fade is usually not the approach specialists recommend.

Is FND a mental illness?

FND sits at the border between neurology and psychiatry, and it is classified in both fields, but it is best understood as a disorder of nervous system functioning rather than a mental illness in the everyday sense. Stress and past adversity are relevant for some people and not others. The symptoms are involuntary and real, and treatment usually involves neurology, physiotherapy and psychology working together rather than one discipline alone.

Can FND be misdiagnosed?

Misdiagnosis in either direction is possible but uncommon when the diagnosis rests on positive examination signs made by a neurologist familiar with FND. Studies over decades have found that the rate at which an FND diagnosis is later overturned by a structural diagnosis is low. If your symptoms change character or new red-flag features appear, reassessment is appropriate; that is different from repeating scans that have already been done.

How long does functional neurological disorder recovery take?

There is no standard timeline. The NHS and Mayo Clinic both describe a range from rapid improvement after diagnosis to gradual progress over many months. Early weeks are often about learning your own patterns and collecting small automatic wins; consolidation of gains tends to happen over months. Setbacks after illness, poor sleep or stress are expected and treated as part of the process rather than as failure.

Can you drive with FND?

It depends on your symptoms and your local licensing rules. Functional seizures or blackouts usually carry driving restrictions similar to other causes of loss of awareness, and your neurologist should advise you on what applies where you live. Movement symptoms that could affect control of a vehicle also need discussion. This is a decision to make with your treating team and the licensing authority, not on your own.

References

• NIH NINDS: Functional Neurologic Disorder
• MedlinePlus: Conversion disorder

This article is for general information only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult a qualified doctor about your individual situation.