What is functional neurologic symptom disorder?

Functional Neurologic Symptom Disorder is a disorder where a person experiences neurological symptoms due to a problem with the central nervous system. Common symptoms may include generalized weakness, movement disorders, and blackouts.

How do members experience functional neurologic symptom disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with functional neurologic symptom disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for functional neurologic symptom disorder*

Who has functional neurologic symptom disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 14
30s 24
40s 21
50s 31
60s 17
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 23
Female 90