It destroyed this Wallsend woman's life overnight - but she believes even some doctors don't take her debilitating illness seriously.
At the age of 25, Abbie Potts has been forced to trade her active lifestyle for existence in a care home, all due to a condition known as FND. On March 25, FND Awareness Day, Abbie called for better understanding of the disease and more help for those suffering from it.
For Abbie, everything changed in July 2021, when she suffered a seizure followed by a migraine which left her in the RVI for four months. She was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder, FND, a disease of the nervous system which affects how the brain is able to control the body.
