Where did my little Johnny go? Everything changed over a short period, maybe a night, maybe over a week, but your child morphed into another personality suddenly…. Your child’s health can be restored to a life of childhood joys unhindered by brain inflammation and unpredictable behaviors. The personality you knew can come back to life.
PANS and PANDAS When Your Child Changed Overnight
Where did my little Johnny go? Everything changed over a short period, maybe a night, maybe over a week, but your child morphed into another personality suddenly. These changes make life harder for you and your child, bringing your child mood swings, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, obsessions, and compulsions. Those are bad enough, but the unexplained headaches, changing sleep patterns, and random neurologic complaints of weird symptoms can be terrifying.
You know that something is different and you try to explain this to your conventionally trained pediatrician. Most will start with parenting tips, discuss stages or childhood, or work through a list of scary diagnoses in the child’s brain. After nothing is found and nothing works, they suggest counselors and psychiatrists as they move on to other children with simpler and non-chronic conditions.
You don’t want “control the symptoms” therapy with little to no hope of overcoming the condition. You want a root cause therapy that removes the trigger and allows your child to return to normal. Functional medicine aims to give you that therapy.
Resources:
PANS and PANDAS at Sanctuary Functional Medicine
PANS and PANDAS Facebook Live Videos
Blogs:
What Your Really Need to Know about PANDAS
PANDAS: Not Just a Furry Zoo Animal