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    labmom reacted to maybaby in Pandas or Allergies?   
    My DD had similar symptoms at that age. She was also severely constipated and was a very slow grower. We eventually figured out it was lyme causing these symptoms.
     
    My recommendation as a starting point it to work on toning down the inflammation in her body and getting the gut in a good place. I would cut out gluten and incorporate some good probiotics. I didn't completely cut out dairy b/c I needed to add some of that fat in her body (plus she was a very picky eater). I tried to give her as much protein, vegetables, and some fruit at every meal. The GAPS diet was too overwhelming for our family to incorporate (although I do think it's a wonderful approach to healing the gut).
     
    Have you considered testing her for celiac? Celiac can mimic ADHD symptoms. We tested out DD with both blood test and had her scoped. She came back negative, but we still cut gluten out and saw immediate benefits (she felt better, ate more food, and was calmer). We also began the BRAVO probiotic yogurt and saw major improvements. The colostrum in BRAVO reconstitutes the gut. After a year on BRAVO, we felt her stomach was in a much better place to begin treating for lyme.
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    labmom reacted to bobh in Pandas or Allergies?   
    If an allergy is causing pans symptoms, it should still be classified as PANS. This I get from the figure below, which comes from http://www.pandasnetwork.org/understanding-pandaspans/what-is-pans/ :
     

    In the non-infectious triggers of the lower branch is environmental factors (which can be allergies).

    Although you should cut out wheat regardless of whether it is a wheat allergy or whether it is PANS, there is (in my mind) a significant difference between allergy and PANS, besides the typical symptoms of each. PANS seems to develop other triggers over time. Some other time, it could be strep, or some other bug that the child encounters. It seems like you have already seen that. But a food allergy could also be prompting the immune system and also causing a PANS flare. This is why some PANS kids improve when gluten is eliminated.

    I wonder if "daughter has never had any kind of classic allergy symptoms or reactions" is just like the PANDAS child that flares with strep, but doesn't seem to have a particularly red or sore throat, or any other symptoms of strep.
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