8 types of conversion disorder

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[@tamibruner-gonzalez4245]

THANK YOU so much for shredding light on such symptoms and disorders. No ONE ever 'believes' unexplained disorders..

[@johannahandersen8517]

Yes, but how much trauma has been done to some of us for being dismissed for our physical symptoms being somatic because we've always been brushed off to psychiatry instead of exploring complaints further.

[@LDiamondz]

Yes, doctors don't know what you have, so you get the 'It's all in your head' diagnosis and are told to see a psychiatrist. I got that diagnosis when I had Epstein Barr, CFS and, fybromyalgia. Way before most doctors were aware of these disorders OR simply didn't care enough to look deeper.

[@lisarice4402]

Things like car wrecks, natural disasters, domestic violence, the list goes on and on; coma patients witness these symptoms also.

[@gh-wt2ip]

I was told fnd first but turns out I actually have ms as well it’s extremely frightening having both because you never know if it’s ms or fnd when having a relapse

[@johannahandersen8517]

@@gh-wt2ip that is two difficult neurological problems to have at once. I hope you're managing well and have a good medical team.

[@johannahandersen8517]

@@lisarice4402 yes I know what trauma is. I was specifically talking about how traumatic it is to have your symptoms dismissed as being "in your head" and you get a psychiatrist referral instead of a relevant to the area specialist investigating your pain symptoms further.

[@transformationstation5414]

Weird how many people suffering with long-covid have a lot of these symptoms, but can't explain where they came from.

[@TheKrispyfort]

And I wish the ED staff would stop telling patients that they're faking it for attention and narcotics

[@AEGelnhausen1120]

I agree, I’ve been treated like a drug addict and faker by paramedics and ER doctors and nurses. I even had a nurse yell at me to stop faking it and squeezed my shoulders so hard to make me stop moving (even though I couldn’t) and they left bruises on me… then when it stopped and I was crying telling the doctor, he told me I had nothing wrong with me and that the ER isn’t a jail so if I’m upset I can leave.. I have treated terribly, this was all before I was diagnosed and I was very scared as well as my husband and daughter, we thought they were epileptic so I was always being taken to the ER… I didn’t know they were nonepileptic or else I wouldn’t have been at the ER. I was scared and the medical system not only attacked me but rejected and dismissed me… I hope one day all medical personnel are educated and do exactly what they swore to do… “do no harm”. I am now afraid of going to hospitals or doctors for help in general. I am a wife, mother, financial specialist… so many good things, I should not be put to shame or made to feel like I’m some faker drug addict. I wish all doctor were as educated as her… maybe then we wouldn’t be shamed so much and helped more.

[@TheKatiewindow]

​@AEGelnhausen1120 I've gone home with cuts on my feet and ankles from doctors and nurses trying to induce pain to bring me out of a seizure. They treat us horribly. A seizure is a seizure no matter how you look at it. It's unprofessional AF to assume that someone without epilepsy can have one. And to be abused and physically scarred because some idiot doctor or nurse thinks they know better is the worst.

[@kkilljoy3588]

A Dr at Mayo Clinic told me: when we can explain it, we call it neurology; when we can’t explain it yet we call it psychiatry. He was an older Dr and I had commented I found it odd his degree had come from (I can’t recall the exact college) Dept of Neurology and Psychiatry. Nowadays we don’t really see those as linked anymore, but apparently it used to be thought of as fairly obvious….at least within the medical community.

[@enoch4499]

it would be so good if you could make a video about conversion disorder in the emt and ER setting. I know there's not a lot of education or even compassion in the world of first responders with his kind of thing. I'd like to see that change.

[@test-jl9zf]

Was diagnosed with this 3yrs ago. Instantly lost my ability to walk and took tons of specialists and therapies and a very long time to regain walking again at a normal level

[@itskaterini8215]

Happy to hear you got better, so proud of you

[@stephanienapoli4932]

What was treatment like for you? If you don’t mind asking. Docs have used these terms with me, then offer me no treatment.

[@KenDavis761]

Maybe a more appropriate name would be "Medical Gaslighting" - what does "a psychologically basis" even mean? - Not saying it can never happen, but think it is better to simply say "we don't know - we can't find anything on the tests - but maybe we don't have the right test yet?"

[@pozitivereinforcement]

Exactly 💯

[@pamelamiranda6551]

So what can be done to help persons with this disorder?

[@Bethherzz]

I experience all of these symptoms and they can be exacerbated by psychological stress, but i also have fibromyalgia and extreme joint hypermobility. For me, put those two together and it's a solid explanation of where my symptoms come from. It's taken a long time to get here and put the pieces together 😅

[@LadyMidnight169]

Could we get a longer please? Would really appreciate it. After our dog passed away, my dad had difficulty swallowing. Doctors couldn't find a cause

[@azca.]

Could just be a coincidence. Get a referral by your primary doctor to see a gastroenterologist to get and EGD done or for a possible esophagus stretching.

[@badeugenecops4741]

Does shell shock or battle fatigue fall under conversion disorder?

[@vasantipunchoo3699]

Im glad you mentionned swallowing difficulties .nobody seemed to understand

[@AEGelnhausen1120]

I’ve been treated like a drug addict and faker by paramedics and ER doctors and nurses. I even had a nurse yell at me to “stop faking it” and he squeezed my shoulders so hard to force me to stop moving (even though I couldn’t) and they left bruises on me… then when it stopped and I was crying telling the doctor, he told me I had nothing wrong with me and that the ER isn’t a jail so if I’m upset I can leave.. I have been treated terribly, this was all before I was diagnosed and I was very scared as well as my husband and daughter, we thought they were epileptic so I was always being taken to the ER… I didn’t know they were nonepileptic or else I wouldn’t have been at the ER. I was scared and the medical system not only attacked me but rejected and dismissed me… I hope one day all medical personnel are educated and do exactly what they swore to do… “do no harm”. I am now afraid of going to hospitals or doctors for help in general. I am a wife, mother, financial specialist… so many good things, I should not be put to shame or made to feel like I’m some faker drug addict. I wish all doctor were as educated as her… maybe then we wouldn’t be shamed so much and helped more.

[@yecat]

i think this is me. i have had unexplained seizures. mris and cat scans didn’t show anything wrong with my brain. and both seizures were from stressful situations.

[@Golden_Mercedes]

ME TOO OMG i came to comment something like this. like they’re very real seizures one even busted a blood vessel in my eye, but no tests prove it and two times i’ve went to ER for it and they told me i probably had a panic attack :/

[@eccaetchings5587]

Same 😢

[@MrFriend97]

so i was surprised to hear this exists. as i have been battling with doctors for almost 10 years now due to unexplained symphones of losing feeling in my legs, random nerve pain and muscles contraction that make no logical sense. i was never mentally tested for this but then it was found through dna testing that i was born with a rare gene mutation that explains all my symphomes yet if i didnt know this now i would have surely fit in to this form of disorder which boggles my mind 😅

[@BLFulle]

I developed conversion disorder while going through chemo at the Mayo clinic. My brother was dying of liver cancer in another state. I also was septic. It was the perfect storm. Mayo put me on a bed and took me to the ER. I had a bunch of people from neurology and psychiatry. They stood around looking at me like I was a museum display. When they left the nurse came in and told me they needed the room. The ER was for sick people and I wasn't sick. I could barely walk. I could barely talk. I couldn't stop crying. I've never been able to drive again. Conversion disorder ruined my life.

[@gagecarty4290]

Yes, it is good to have this subject brought up and discussed knowing that these disorders are possible will help a lot of people relax

[@sagesufferswell]

I have hEDS which can cause all these symptoms and more which is almost impossible to get diagnosed.

[@free2express08]

Thank you for this! Tremors is the word I was looking for to describe side effects of Sertraline to someone. I couldn't for the life of me find the right words to describe the side effect.

[@ForestFire369]

Seeing this short and then reading your comment just blew frickin my mind... I started taking Sertraline a few years ago, and I had 2 really long seizures out of nowhere. They gave me at least 5 different neurological tests, and they all came back clean, so my neurologist said that it must have been a "stress-induced psychosomatic episode," and I had no idea what that was supposed to mean. I need to call my psychiatrist right now, omg.

[@Heidi-jr3gy]

Sounds like a lot of my symptoms from Lyme disease 😐

[@TheKatiewindow]

Thank you for this... I have been trying to figure out why I have so many seizures and learned that it was a symptom of severe past trauma. Doctors like to call them pseudo seizures, still.... Which makes me feel like absolute shite as if they're calling me a faker or a "pill seeker." Now, I can talk with my psych, therapist, and neuro about this to see what we can do as a team to tackle the root issues. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one.

[@xekan_9153]

I found this today in the dsm after months of having tic-like symptoms. Im still at the start of researching, but i just thought id say this here; its just so nice to finally get closer to a possible explanation. Since late 2021 ive been having feelings that perfectly match symptoms of a Premonitary urge, i need to either fully relax or tense my core to ‘force it out’. Happens in public and at home where i need to stand still and fall about because of it. Edit: i also have times i need to shake my hand, or jerk/shiver. So yeah

[@Earthoceanfire435]

This is Lyme disease in a nutshell. I have Lyme.

[@teeamar]

Wow so what is done to deal or treat these symptoms

[@SarahMorgan-ry9bt]

Unfortunately there's not a lot available right now, mostly cognitive behavioral therapy or talk therapy, maybe medication for anxiety or depression since it's believe to usually be caused by mental trauma of some kind

[@a-ms9760]

I'd like to hear more about this. Firstly, why was it given that name?

[@newyorkdiva3]

Learning a lot from you.

[@agkdjsdjkd]

psychological factors can contribute to it but not always

[@yogendraarya5986]

Conversion disorder symptoms unsual feeling like urine not passed since 20 days, stool constipation since 35 days, feeling fever 104 degree but all test will be normal, last socidal attempt like burning attempt. Do not leave person alone in any circumstances. My 12 yrs child lost his life. Be cautious .

[@savegraysoncats]

Can you have more than one at once?

[@catofninetales3125]

It's probably a side effect of medications...

[@RhondaR4]

The first one and smelling odors I have.

[@michaelmode]

Thank you

[@josepontes3849]

I have all those symptoms but not the Not the sensory not feeling anthing. But all the others are present. Is there a cure for this as many doctors say they don't know.

[@maryatef2717]

My daughter lost her vision and hearing suddenly. After many test they said she has this disorder. Her hearing is getting better but not her vision. Can any one help with insight?

[@MissJane777]

OH COMMON!!!!! I do NOT NEED ANYMORE "UNDIAGNOSABLE" DISORDERS‼️ JUST GIVE ME TREATABLE DIAGNOSES AND ANSWERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!! I AM DONE!!

[@hollyfield5270]

Natural health darling! All is treatable, I promise. Keep going and don't give up.

[@LDiamondz]

Don't give up. There might be a doctor out there who can diagnose you, one day. I was unfortunate to have Fibromyalgia and CFS BEFORE most doctors knew what they even were. Eventually, I was properly diagnosed. Took about 7 years, tho.

[@zemgad]

Was that Deadmau5 at the start?

[@vasantipunchoo3699]

Is it a form of depression .i feel acute depression on those days and on other days if i have a wired brain i feel quite different

[@tamravincent5097]

Treatment?

[@Dementia69]

This is intresting and scary

[@indigobunting2431]

Hundreds of diagnoses, very few good treatments.

[@chickenbiscuit4525]

Mushie queen, no Zainax. Trying to escape the law.

[@vasantipunchoo3699]

Can cause blank brain and a kind of stop of the g.i tract .

[@libbylandscape3560]

Some of this sounds like migraine stuff.

[@mpg6445]

Precisely.

[@user-dc3ie3ne2z]

Get in the path we have then discussed your thesis

[@bhaskarroy9523]

it can also happen when you are being unknowingly fed anti pschycotics or steroids or you have been poisoned with untraceable ones.

[@rsgabrys----]

----------------------- sounds like a plot for j.Grisham novel ..... best wishes......

[@carbine090909]

stammer.

[@lyfandeth]

Someone forgot to say what coversion disorder is. Something that happens after you convert to another religion?

[@altpotus6913]

Tourette's?