My opinion...it's another word for STRESS messing with your body. Cortisone flooding everything, increasing pain/swelling/etc.

There was a time in my life when my son was 4-5 that I was under so much stress and getting so little sleep that my face was ticking.

I never went to the doctor...it was obvious enough what it was. Life hasn't been that stressful since, after a year or so the ticks went away and never came back.

Around that same time...I was getting this whole skin rash thing. Again...looking back...I can see that it was directly related to all of the stress that I was under.

The thing about Mind-Body ....is that it goes both ways.

In other words, it's not like Vegas, because what happens in the mind doesn't just stay there...because our minds are attached to our bodies...

(I'm not sure that I said that clearly...)

Supportive hugs, Patti

lol, you said it clearly, our minds are attached to our bodies and after so much trauma the brain just takes over and does what it thinks it needs to do to protect you or get you to pay attention. It's all just very annoying and I learned a long time ago that getting mad about it only makes it worse. Hugs back at ya!

Gentle hug sweetie..... This sounds miserable …… I went to a tanning bed when I was diagnosed with Shingles and it dried it up overnight

I don't know that recommending tanning would be good for anyone but it worked for me with a rash...….xo

There's a lot that "they" don't know about the body and the mind.

For example...the drug that's used to reverse opioid overdoses...narcan.

It reverses the placebo effect too.

As in neither the doctor nor the patient know who's getting the narcan, and it will reverse an "Effect"...that's supposedly "all in our minds".

Only it can't just all be in our minds...can it...if some drug can reverse it.

I can literally throw up from anxiety, so why not feel sick from seeing someone who did that to you? Tension, stress, etc., enhance any existing pain disorders or issues (I've some nasty scarring in my pelvis from injury, for example). It's that our bodies can't modulate signals and responses properly, is my theory (mine, not a doctor), b/c after enough trauma, they're so burned wide-open to "HOLY F*** ALL LIFE IS SCARY OR PAINFUL" that they never quite go all the way back to normal, especially if trauma is repeated. Like re-scratching a piece of wood. You can patch it, bu tthe scratchh is there, and all that bad metaphor.

And it's not "all just conversion". That's a real neurological flip a flop IIRC, so.... Do what you can to breathe through what you can, and all the usual trite advice. It's meant well, and meant sincerely, but I'm too brain-fried to be any better today.

Oh how this strikes a cord with me and hits so close to home right now. My struggle with my physical illnesses going “postal” with every PTSD “episode”, anxiety “flood” & panic attacks is driving me “insane” right now so I can really empathize.

I have a very severe type of gastroparesis that is instantly triggered by any mental distress. It’s a real physical illness, but my neurologists, PCMs, and mental health providers have called it a “stress illness”, because it’s the first system to instantly respond to any stress. My interstitial cystitis is also considered a “stress illness” even though it was cause by effects of medication therapies during my battle with bladder cancer 14 years ago. Even the urologists & gastroenterologists have driven home the connection between the physical illnesses and stress.

It’s been my own living nightmare to fight against for nearly 15 years. Lately this fight has gone to a “global extinction” level threat. So I really feel for you Bsnuggles.

Do your doctors all communicate with each other about your health problems right now? In the past, it was a huge help to have my doctors regularly updating each other about all my complicated health issues. It made it easier for them to trace symptoms that could be caused any number of physical and mental problems I have. It also reduced a lot of stress, fears, and confusion during “crisis” times because I wasn’t having to explain things I barely understood that different doctors managed or have to endlessly call everyone to make sure one treatment wouldn’t interfere with the others.

The recent & new problems from onset of anaphylaxis caused so much trauma, I’m getting a new crash course in having PTSD and keeping all my doctors up to speed is a constant struggle right now. They’re all in the same healthcare network but they aren’t talking to each other, paying attention to what others are doing or even checking/reviewing the serious changes to my health issues. Now I’m getting physically worse and I’ve no idea who I should see for what. PTSD & cognitive/memory dysfunction from shock resulting in cardiac arrest make me the wrong person to be updating them. The result of this struggle has been the source of so much anxiety & fear, I have panic attacks during visits, meltdowns after, and live in constant fear of getting sick and terror of the physical symptoms that have been getting worse.

Managing mental health and the chronic illnesses that are affected by it is a battle I have had to fight many times. Making sure all your care team and providers are in the loop is one of the few things that has reduced the strain on my already “fried” and “exhausted” brain.

It can help having a friend or family member help update everyone else on your behalf as the complications and stress you’ve been facing right now are more than you should have to manage. If you have someone to be be an advocate while you heal, it can prevent adding to the “overload” you’re facing.

Right now, I don’t have access to an advocate, I resort to keep a “list” of updates, questions, and symptoms which I prepare for each doctor. Or I send email updates as soon as there are changes.

None of these are perfect but they help and are flexible enough to find one that works with different providers.

Everything in our bodies are connected and when one system breaks down or weakens, the others are affected. I wish more doctors remembered this, especially for people with PTSD, anxiety and other mental health issues. The mind and body aren’t independent, what bad for one can be just as toxic for all the rest.

Sending you lots of strength, support, hugs, and luck. As soon as I can track down some “clarity” and “anti-confusion” I’ll sent them your way. Wishing you all the best.

PS. Sorry for that extended rant. It just hit a nerve that has been causing me so much grief lately. Currently my psychiatric provider won’t check with my specialists about meds changes & that’s playing “Russian Roulette” with only one empty chamber and the rest are loaded. It wasn’t necessary or helpful to have the person who is supposed to be helping me overcome the mental issues related to recent illness be the one whose treatments have caused serious problems for my illnesses but also has a very high chance of causing the most damage if not careful.

So I’m overwhelmed and hypersensitive, and prone to ranting, so please forgive me.

Really hope and wish you and everyone here all the best. Hugs

Possible (very short) Trigger Warning if your feeling bad right now.
I agree to Vavita, rant away. I get it! As for my docs, no they are not all up to date and that is freaking me out too. I went five years with no meds, then last November shit hit the fan with my job, taking care of adults with mental and physical disabilities. On the same night, I had to stop once from trying to harm herself with shards of broken C.D.'s I physically had to stop her, it took about twenty minutes for my help to arrive, then as I was leaving my shift I heard one of the boys in the other apartment scream, His roommate was beating him across the belly with a 2x4. Later that week I got a call saying my father who was recently found in Walmart eating off the shelves, and my uncle took guardianship and put him in a nursing home at age 50 because he is perma fried from years of drugs and alcohol had tried to commit suicide. I completely lost my shit, but called in all the mental docs, spent two weeks being babysat so I didn't have to go to a psych ward again. And well life's just been a damn mess lately. So During that five years, I switched Docs, so these docs don't know all the conversion stuff and I am good with that. It's still pretty much considered a mental thing in the U.S. But FND is being studies a lot by other countries and this one some. Its just getting the info out there. As for my visit today, my white count is a bit elevated and there is blood in my urine but all other testing came back normal, the only thing not to come back is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I did start some antibiotics and hopefully, I will feel better in a few days. Thank you for your comments and support it is very much appreciated!

They have definitely come a long way with conversion FND, if you look up the FND website I actually found some of the current research they have going on including just having people write and tell them what they have been through and how they struggled with the diagnosis, for me that was really hard to wrap my brain around, once I got passed that I made progress, don't get me wrong I still have days that aren't so great thanks to that struggle but I function almost normally.

And No I quit that facility, the group I had that night wasn't even my group, but the training was horrid to begin with and even after a year I still was not MANT (restraining trained) It was more then I could take. The bright side is someone upstairs was watching because about that same time a part-time position for nights became available at our local Domestic Violence and Sexual Assualt Shelter/Crises line. Which is a job I have wanted for a long time and I finally have my foot in the door?
As for my Dad, frankly I'm still pissed at him so I haven't been down there in awhile, but that is a whole other story for another day. The funny shit though is my mother got a call from where they have him and they offered her a job, she said hell no you can't even offer me enough money. LOL, They were married at fifteen, divorced by sixteen and she never looked back.

I had prurigo nodularis last year as a manifestation of my trauma as a kid in a car bombing overseas when I was 9 and the 6 years of combat I survived as a civilian missionary kid raised in a war zone, which made me a war child. The trauma chooses to manifest itself in different ways as I get older.

The prurigo nodularis manifestation was awful itching, itching so bad I drew blood scratching. I bought creams and sprays, some of them over the counter and some prescriptions. I smoke bombed my house for bugs and had an exterminator spray in my house.

It hasn't totally stopped, but it's mostly gone. How" Coming here to remind myself where it comes from, and being kind to myself about it. The itching symptoms that once had felt like bugs jumping on my legs and biting them reduced more and more until they mostly went away and I could sleep at night again. It's been a year.

You haven't lost your sense of humor, you're very funny. I'd never heard of conversion disorder. That's incredible and terrible to read that a stressful physical or emotional event can cause it. Very scary.

I'm sorry if I'm repeating anything already said here, I have a hard time reading through a lot of information. Neurological disorders can cause some of the creepiest reactions. For the longest time, everything that happened to me was contributed to PTSD, stress, nerves & anxiety. I was blown off. I was in so much pain & it was getting worse. After some time I knew this wasn't right. The pain and exhaustion got to be unbearable. My brain wasn't connecting. I was looking and looking for answers & no one would listen. Turns out I have MS for starters. More tests are needed to find out what stage & what else might be happening in there. Tumors, etc.

Listen to your body. If it's telling you this is too much then please, see your doctor. You sound like you've got your shit together though ツ It's amazing they can connect that to your PTSD.

(((hugs)))

i wasn't able to read what all the others said.

i am new to conversion disorder - wow. wow, some more.

i'm seconding the encouragement that it is good to check on things that MAY be from something else.

i've had years of being not listened to or treated less than professionally by specialists - only to find out, that i do have treatable illness as well as CPTSD.

gentlest hugs, we're with you - AND no discounting of conversion disorder's symptoms.

i get seizures from PTSD. i am on anti seizure medication that has been prescribed for epilepsy - the _______- neurologist who prescribed it ofr me, told me that he is not sure if i have epilepsy or some other seizure disorder - OR if my seizures are caused by extreme PTSD related stress. (please forgive me - having difficulties articulating thoughts). i am still having break thru seizures at high dose medication

many drs treat patients who have PTSD seizures as if they are having pseudo seizures. ... i have been told by people that they were not prescribed medication for the seizures but were snet to psychiatrists ??? or psycho-somatic seizures? that isn't how mine were treated... i think that mya have been the only kindness or professional seeming treatment i ultimately received there.