Tiptree: Mum with neurological disorder credits plants to recovery
Green shoots of recovery - Hannah Powell BY her own admission, Hannah Powell suffered burnout in 2009. At a low, she sought medical help but was politely discharged from a neurology clinic and told ‘there’s nothing wrong with you’. Far from it, the 43-year-old was subsequently diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND). Essentially a problem with the functioning of the nervous system, it affects how the brain and body send and receive signals and that can lead to a host of physical, sensory and cognitive problems. Hannah, who lives in Layer Marney with her husband a...