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limbicnuminousity

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12. I hesitate to comment (being a guy).

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2024, 04:20 PM

Jan 2024

I do wonder though if weighted blankets and/or medical marijuana might help. They can be useful in cases of severe PTSD, but it's not clear how closely related PTSD and PNES are. Or is anything known?

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PNES**Apparently more common in women, therefore we won't bother studying it. [View all] niyad Jan 2024 OP

Under the umbrella of "conversion disorder" but not PNES ismnotwasm Jan 2024 #1

Thank you so much for this. I immediately went to do a quick bit of reading niyad Jan 2024 #4

Conversion disorder is pretty rare. TwilightZone Jan 2024 #2

Thank you for those most informative links. I can see that I have a lot of niyad Jan 2024 #5

We studied this in pharmacology Sympthsical Jan 2024 #3

Understood. But a real bummer if you are the zebra. niyad Jan 2024 #6

Oh, absolutely Sympthsical Jan 2024 #7

Back in the '60s we "uninformed" women quickly realized do not go to a Catholic doctor Catholic hospital. If you're SheilaAnn Jan 2024 #8

As a woman. Common recovering_democrat Jan 2024 #9

It must be really, really rare Warpy Jan 2024 #10

a couple years ago I was plagued with symptoms that were consistent with MS The Wandering Harper Jan 2024 #11

I hesitate to comment (being a guy). limbicnuminousity Jan 2024 #12

It is fairly complicated elias7 Jan 2024 #13

Extremely interesting. limbicnuminousity Jan 2024 #14