Twenty -year -old Megan Dixon had several times a day vision problems. Well, she thought it was just about stress. Later you are She could not remember the words a Suddenly she collapsed. So she decided to go to the examination, she writes. “I remember telling my parents” I love you “. Since then I have a outage,” says Megan. When she woke up she was paralyzed from the neck down, She didn’t see and couldn’t talk.
Doctors first assumed a stroke, but then doctors revealed that Megan suffers rarely Functional neurological disorder (FND). A state that It affects thousands of people every yearbut often is misunderstood and incorrectly diagnosed. At first she had 100 seizures a day. Today their number dropped to approximately 15.
“Being trapped in your own body is like a prison sentence. Whenever they tell me that I will never walk again, my heart breaks it. It’s so hard it doesn’t work in my head. I will never return my life, “
Had to move less than four hours from her friends and family to undergo intense therapy, Although unlikely to ever be completely recovered. Megan today can open his eyes, he learns to talk again and control some movements.
He lives with a friend and wants to study nail design. Still suffers from pain and waits for demanding knee surgerywhich doctors have repeatedly refused to perform. “My knees are bent opposite. Five surgeons refused me, apparently my case is too complicated,” The woman describes.
Megan documents his struggle on social networks and draws attention to misinformation and invisible manifestations of FND. “It’s not in my head. It’s not just fatigue. Every step, every word, every day extra is a win,” he appeals.
What is FND (functional neurological disorder)?
- Affects the nervous system without clear brain damage
- Can cause paralysis, seizures, speech outages, vision or movement
- Diagnosis is complex and often mistakenly confused with mental problems
