Hi All
I’m new to this website - but it looks a great source of support. My sister was diagnosed with FND about 2 weeks ago. She was on meds previously for anxiety but had come off them recently as she intended to start trying for a baby. I wonder if coming off the meds May have contributed to this. She has weakness in her limbs, falling a lot, slurred speech, bad fatigue and headaches.
She is still desperate to try for a child, and having visited the GP, she was told to give it a month. I am worried for her, I know some people can recover and get better, but I also see that this can become a long term condition. I am worried trying for a child so early into a diagnosis could make things worse, particularly with her anxiety. I would be interested to hear thoughts, am I being over protective? I don’t think she has quite grasped what the condition could mean, or accepted it yet. She doesn’t want to hear advice which doesn’t support what she wants either. I don’t want to dishearten her and I want to be supportive, I would welcome your thoughts.
Thank you
Who am I to give advice but I think she’s got enough on her plate at the moment,this illness can be severe and I think she needs time to see if things settle out before getting pregnant,that puts a lot more stress on fit people’s bodies and could be overwhelming, all the best.
Thank you for replying, this is what I think as well. I hope she gets to that point herself as I don’t want to be too negative about it. Such a stressful time for her - I think there must be some denial there somewhere. I just wish her GP had been a bit more realistic about seeing how things progress first
GPS can be very naive to this illness and a month is wrong coz if she’s struggling now things could become tenfold,as I say it’s none of my business but she has to put her health first ,I really feel for her