[OJFord]

They write 'people with FND have a condition that cannot be medically explained' as though it's just insufficient research, not understood yet. 'FND' is just polite for 'all in your head'. This article reads like 'they're being treated with a drug called Placebo'.

[solarmist]

Panic attacks are all in your head too. You’ve obviously never had one or seen someone go through one.

Your brain is an organ just like other organs. If it starts malfunctioning it can cause serious even life threatening problems.

[OJFord]

Both thanks, not that it's any of your business.

Panic attacks are a symptom, not a diagnosis.

'All in your head' is an expression; one I perhaps should have avoided, obviously there are ailments located in the head that have a 'real' cause.

Panic attacks I suppose may present in 'functional' patients, but there are physiological causes too.

Anyway, I didn't really make any sort of comment on FND itself or patients with that diagnosis, I didn't say 'they just need to pull themselves together' or whatever. I just commented on the way the article was written, that it didn't seem like the author understood.

[ketzo]

Nobody’s being polite - just cognizant that “all in your head” doesn’t mean “fake.”

[OJFord]

Ask a doctor.