motherofamichael

Buster - this is GREAT. Wish I had this 12 years ago when my son first started! I agree that the initial box should be expanded. My son started with PANDAS symptoms as a toddler and the main symptom was non-stop biting whenever he went from high dose abx to low dose abx. He later told me that he bit because he felt like he "couldn't breathe" if he didn't bite, which I interpreted to be a compulsion. I can see your point about hoping people will have read the the signs and symptoms list. Maybe you could either reference the list in the box or embed the URL in the box?

Allergies are a definite trigger for my son. We've had most success with zyrtec - dye free pills - (I buy store-brand) I give it at night as it can make him a bit drowsy. It lasts for 24 hours but he seems fine when he wakes up in the morning. Claritin makes my son hyper. We do zyrtec year round, but my son has severe mold and dust mite allergies as well.

My son (now 12 and with PANDAS since a baby) has had many problems with sinus fungus and GI yeast as result of abx. Abx can increase the yeast / fungus reactions. We had to do a couple of courses of diflucan, followed by oral nystatin until he cleared - then we We found it best to do acidophilus regularly before, during, and after abx, and to do a dose of diflucan half way through the abx. treatment. I still request a diflucan script with all abx scripts.