In this episode we sit down with Monika Benson, Executive Director of Dystonia Europe. Monika has been living with cervical Dystonia for 19 years, and after years of feeling isolated she now feels as if she has a big “Dystonia family”. Around Monica’s 40th birthday, she started noticing her neck pulling to the left. She…

Stephen Batey from Newcastle, UK experienced his first symptoms of dystonia as a seven year old. It started in his right foot and eventually spread to his back, neck, and upper limbs. Stephen was connected with a children’s neurologist who gave him the diagnosis DYT1 positive primary torsion dystonia. Stephen was started on oral medication…