Singer Tia Lazzeri-Madden, 18, suffered a rare reaction to pills which triggered FND – Functional Neurological Disorder.
Tia Lazzeri-Madden never imagined she would be left unable to walk after taking antibiotics, here she is in her wheelchair at a music festivalNow, more than a year later, Tia has finally been diagnosed with functional neurological disorder.It is estimated that up to 120,000 people in the UK have FND, and there are a further 10,000 new cases per year, according to The Brain“I can only walk short distances. Anything longer and I have to use a wheelchair.
Mum Antonella, 59 and a freelance writer, says: “At our first visit to A&E, Tia could only walk as if she were on a tightrope, putting one foot in front of the other.I went from being a healthy, happy teenager, who liked going for a run and to the gym, to being virtually paralysed from the waist down
“Tia begged to go home as she felt no one believed that she was ill. On the way home, she told me she felt she was dying, and loved me.Antonella said doctors told her the antibiotics could be to blame and took Tia off them. A stressful event, past trauma, migraine, vaccines or medication can trigger FND, but the exact causes are unknown.
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