Top Tweets for #FunctionalDisorder

RARE Revolution Magazine®

over 2 years ago

"Many people suffering serious #antidepressant side effects & withdrawal effects are acquiring these ‘#functionaldisorder’ labels. "We are seeing increasing cases of development of #akathisia – unbearable sub-cortical #nervoussystem dysregulation." https://t.co/d5tcXH9H2O

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@RareRevolutionM

over 2 years ago

Over on RARE Youth Revolution, Kathryn Cowie talks about her experience with #FunctionalDisorder. "I got acquainted with functional disorder when I was twenty. I felt strange being a passenger in my own body." Read her blog post at https://t.co/U3qQJ17HxE

RareRevolutionM's tweet photo. Over on RARE Youth Revolution, Kathryn Cowie talks about her experience with #FunctionalDisorder.

"I got acquainted with functional disorder when I was twenty. I felt strange being a passenger in my own body."

Read her blog post at https://t.co/U3qQJ17HxE https://t.co/Iv6syqjQry

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almost 4 years ago

"Now #MUS is becoming increasingly referred to as #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder, & it appears that many ppl suffering serious #antidepressant (& indeed other #prescribeddrug) side effects & withdrawal effects are acquiring ‘#functionaldisorder’ labels ‘of unknown aetiology’"

almost 4 years ago

A 50 year timeline - including the 1990's Defeat #Depression Campaign. Do you remember the 1990's #DefeatDepressionCampaign? Do you remember we were told that #antidepressants were #safeandeffective and #notaddictive ...?? https://t.co/D269jJps7f

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almost 4 years ago

@Altostrata @DrJoHowe @SP_Petitions @SeneddPetitions and .... "#Antidepressant #Withdrawal #Misdiagnosed as #FunctionalDisorder Adverse #physiological symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal are regularly mistaken to be other problems to the detriment of the patient." https://t.co/ghcSf9q5Wa

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over 4 years ago

@HUS_fi Also @THLorg professor has been training Heathcare staff and said that #LongCovid patients without PCR+ go to #FunctionalDisorder clinic. A video recording of that briefing was online. I can post a pic of my rejection letter, if you do not believe me. 2/

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over 4 years ago

@HUS_fi Sorry, but this is not true, or is a facade, if you like. The doctors in the two clinics are the same individuals. Also, my referrar to #LongCovid clinic was rejected, and said that if I needed carebI should be referred to #FunctionalDisorder clinic. 1/

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over 4 years ago

🧵9/16 The core causal mechanism in #FunctionalDisorder theory is that the patient focuses on them and self-monitors their condition and this generates physical symptoms, i.e. disease-oriented thinking generates psychosomatic symptoms.

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over 4 years ago

🧵8/16 The doctrine of #FunctionalDisorder is distributed to Finnish GPs through ongoing professional training seminars. @THLorg involved. Doctors are trained to "identify" patients with "functional" issues, as they may be rather convincing claiming they have physical ailments.

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over 4 years ago

🧵5/16 The clinic is part of the #Helsinki University Hospital. @HUS_fi is the topmost national hospital in Finland with dedicated national specialty research clinics, like the clinic for #FunctionalDisorder/#LongCovid. Thus they represent top knowhow & influence health policy.

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over 4 years ago

🧵4/16 #FunctionalDisorder in fact is a term that emphasizes the physical domain instead of the mental domain. While this is the translation in English, the Finnish term #toiminnallinenhäiriö directly translates "actional dysfunction". What happens is unethical.

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over 4 years ago

🧵3/16 #FunctionalDisorder as a diagnosis code was invented to lure patients, whose physical conditions are labeled as mental without using terms such as mental, psychological, stress, psycho-somatic, etc. The term lacks transparency, and therefore patient consent.

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over 4 years ago

🧵1/16 Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District #HUS treats #LongCovid patients in a clinic specialized on #FunctionalDisorder. This is a clinic that views various physical-neurological conditions as #psychosomatic and offers psychological counceling therapy and training . #Thread

over 4 years ago

#HUS reagoi nopeasti jos asiaa pidetään tärkeänä. Olemme kaikki yhtä mieltä sodan uhrien hoitamisesta, se on välttämätöntä. Samaan aikaan #LongCovid humanitaarisena kriisinä on lakaistu maton alle HUSissa.#toiminnallinenhairio klinikka LC-polina on #valkopesu:a. 1,5v ollut aikaa.

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almost 5 years ago

Meanwhile in #Finland: we cannot complain about #longcovid clinics not doing research, as we do not have clinics either. (Yes we have one, but it is just a facade without patients really... a #functionaldisorder clinic renamed as LC clinic. And yes, one in the whole country.)

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about 5 years ago

"It is estimated that half of the individuals who discontinue #psychiatric #medication experience #withdrawal symptoms. However, these #symptoms are often #misdiagnosed as a #functionaldisorder or “#relapse” back into #mentalillness." @Altostrata

about 5 years ago

@FndPortal @Altostrata has shared her experience of helping people to withdraw from #antidepressants ... https://t.co/D7tpfRUOak.

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about 5 years ago

Thread. How it is done. This is happening. Extract letter from Consultant #Neurologist to #GP. #FunctionalDisorder attributed to #patient #excessiveanxiety 🤔🤔 After 30yrs antidepressants - then benzos ... & #dependence/#withdrawal neurological complications.

recover2renew's tweet photo. Thread. How it is done. This is happening.
Extract letter from Consultant #Neurologist to #GP.
#FunctionalDisorder attributed to #patient #excessiveanxiety 🤔🤔
After 30yrs antidepressants - then benzos ... & #dependence/#withdrawal neurological complications. https://t.co/OFeDZdOkF3

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