Lanarkshire woman aims to raise awareness of debilitating FND condition

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A Hamilton woman is hoping to raise awareness of a rare brain disorder that shares the same symptoms as MS and Parkinson's disease.Suzanne Hutchison was knocked for six after discovering she has the limited condition Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) after suffering traits similar to that of Multiple Sclerosis and problems with her physical movement, like Parkinson's.The 39-year-old, who works as arelationship executive with Newcross Healthcare in Hamilton, describes her life literally changing overnight when she woke up last August with pain searing through her body and debilitating weakness in her legs and arms.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Further symptoms led to doctors believing Suzanne potentially had MS after being admitted to hospital when she suddenly went blind one morning.After months of tests and questions, as well as many hospital visits with numb legs and other changes to her body Suzanne was finally diagnosed with FND just before Christmas of last year.

Suzanne told Lanarkshire Live : "My whole life changed overnight. I literally woke up with these awful pains and weaknesses and I knew instantly that something was really wrong. "It took so long to