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Jeckylberry
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According to the occupational therapist I am a candidate for a wheelchair grant. According to the psychobabblers I should not be humoured in my 'false illness belief' and therefore must deny my body the 'reward' of wheels.
In 2013 when I first started getting my pseudo-symptoms, I stopped...
Gather round people, I'll tell you a tale of a great mystery... Of a certain magic potion that causes dire ills to a victim even before they have swallowed it!
I'll backtrack a little to last month.
Last month I found me a new doc. I was looking for a new GP as my current one is overloaded and...
Have there been any improvements?
Not really. I mean when I can walk, I walk. I just can't always do it. I don't really see how physio can improve this drastically. I still do the exercises though. The psychologist is nice to talk to but I don't see any improvement on that level. What am I...
I came to Phoenix Rising because I typed the following search into Google:
abnormal eeg and "functional neurological disorder"
I found the link entitled "You think ME is bad - try having a psychogenic movement disorder"
Intrigued I clicked and read the first and following entries to a thread...