Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Parents of teens with FND —



One of the hardest things in recovery is figuring out where your role ends and your teen's begins. Wanting to help is natural. But sometimes the hovering — the constant checking in, the always being nearby — can quietly get in the way.



That doesn't mean you've done something wrong. It means recovery asks something different from parents than most situations do.



In this conversation, a family shares how they navigated that shift — and how their daughter went from forearm crutches to walking on her own through a slow accumulation of small steps.



Watch here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vsWTYxpZNFw

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Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Parents of teens with FND —



If you've been keeping your teen home from school until things feel more resolved, you're not doing anything wrong. That instinct makes complete sense.



But here's something worth considering: school isn't the reward at the end of recovery. It's often part of what helps recovery happen. When a teen avoids school, the nervous system never gets the chance to learn that school can be safe again. Small, repeated wins in a real environment are what help the brain build new, calmer responses.



In this video, I walk through what a realistic gradual return to school can look like and what to do when the school isn't cooperating.



Watch here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=okUOWXpVO5k

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Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Parents of teens with FND —



If your teen's symptoms keep cycling back despite having a good team in place, sleep may be part of what's keeping the nervous system stuck. Sleep isn't a separate lifestyle issue. It runs through the same stress system involved in FND, and when it's disrupted, the brain may never get the nightly reset it needs.



The hard part is that sleep can't be forced. It's a pattern the nervous system learns over time.



In this video, I walk through a six-step sleep protocol and explain why some well-meaning parenting habits can accidentally reinforce the cycle.



Watch here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BxPweP8y5KY

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Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Parents of teens with FND —



If your teen has ever had an episode at school and the response made everything worse, you are not alone. When staff are left guessing in the moment, they often default to calling 911 or sending your teen home. Those reactions can signal danger to an already activated nervous system and keep the cycle going longer.



A written action plan — created before an episode happens — gives every adult in the room clear guidance. Many families find that when that structure is in place, episodes at school tend to get shorter and calmer.



In this video, I walk through the three sections every school action plan needs.



Watch here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wILIQ-yHow

1 week ago | [YT] | 3

Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Parents of teens with FND —



If your child's symptoms disappeared over summer and came back within the first week of school, you're not imagining it.



The school environment can become the nervous system's most reliable trigger — not because school is dangerous, but because it's where repeated stress activation originally learned its pattern. Summer brings fewer activations, so the nervous system gets a break. But when the schedule resets, that learned pattern can reactivate quickly.



This doesn't mean your teen's summer progress wasn't real. It was.



In this video, I walk through what research shows about school stress as a direct trigger for FND and what the neuroscience points toward instead of pulling your teen out.



Watch here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxGZdupg9B4

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

We're live tonight.

Ask Dr. Lee: Teen FND Parent Q&A, today at 6 PM MT (5 PM PT / 8 PM ET), on Zoom.

Bring your questions and join us live.

No replay, a few spots still open. Register here: teenfndacademy.com/event

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 3

Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Today's the day — my free live parent Q&A on teen FND recovery is happening tonight at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. If your teen is navigating functional neurological symptoms and you have questions, I'd love to connect with you. No replay, so join live if you can. Spots are limited.



Register here: www.teenfndacademy.com/event

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Reminder: Ask Dr. Lee: Teen FND Parent Q&A is tomorrow, Thursday, August 6th at 6 PM MT (5 PM PT / 8 PM ET).

Bring your questions and hear answers live.

Live on Zoom, no replay, spots limited.

Register here: teenfndacademy.com/event

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Tomorrow evening I'm hosting a free live parent Q&A focused on teen FND recovery — Ask Dr. Lee: Teen FND Parent Q&A. Thursday, August 6th at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET / 6 PM MT. This is live only, no replay, and spots are limited. Bring your questions; I'd love to help however I can.



Register here: www.teenfndacademy.com/event

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Dr. Lee's Teen FND Academy™

Parents of teens with FND —



If your teen sometimes goes blank mid-sentence — eyes open, body still, but not quite present — that's often dissociation. It's the nervous system shifting into a protective state it was built to use, just at the wrong time.



It's not a choice. It's not a sign your teen is broken. It's a learned defense response that now fires too easily.



You're not imagining what you're seeing — and most families were simply never told what was happening.



In this video, I walk through what dissociation actually means in FND, why the nervous system does this, and one co-regulation step you can use next time it happens.



Watch here:
https://youtu.be/_bVhTLsdNhM

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