Neurological signs and symptoms

This section contains patient perspective articles from people who have experienced neurological signs and symptoms without necessarily finding a diagnosis or cause.

Spinal myoclonus: Vicky's story


Vicky describes what it's like to live with the "uncontrollable jerks" that may stay with her for the rest of her life.

Living with neurological problems


An anonymous person writes about the neurological problems she had following a head injury. "To be able to cope with not knowing what is wrong means becoming one’s own advocate, or trusting someone to do this for you. It means challenging people who are trying to label you. It means believing in what one’s body is saying, and not being hard on oneself when everything gets too difficult," she says.

The pain in my head was unbearable


It took a while to get to the bottom of Sandra's symptoms, which included unbearable headaches, neck pain, hearing problems, extreme tiredness and vomiting.

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