Let's Learn Series: Let's Learn about FND with Tom Plender

“Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a problem with the functioning of the nervous system and how the brain and body send and receive signals.” -FND Hope International

The many symptoms of FND can cause impairment in quality of life that is similar to and in some aspects worse than other neurological conditions like Parkinson’s Disease or Multiple Sclerosis. FND occupies a grey area between psychiatry and neurology that historically has failed to gain the interest of researchers and clinicians.

Approximately 1/3 of outpatient neurology clinic attendances are patients reporting functional symptoms. Despite the prevalence of Functional Neurological Disorder, the exact cause of FND is unknown.

The Women’s Brain Project had the honour and pleasure of interviewing Tom Plender, a WBP supporter, musician, artist and FND Campaigner living with FND for WBP Let’s Learn Series. He shared not only his own experiences but also some of the history of this diagnosis and the stigma that still surrounds it even today.

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