i'm sure this has been asked over and over. i've been reading for hours and i'm still not sure how to go about it. my dd developed a tic in early june - she had a cold (her brother had chicken pox) and the cough from her cold turned into a tic. this has been going on for 3 months - non-stop coughing. my dh has had super mild tics in the past, one of his brothers has severe tics. my daughter's behavior has also been "off" since the tic started, she's been having a lot of meltdowns and screaming fits. my plan is to mention pandas to our ped (there was a lot of strep going around her class last year) and ask him about testing. i'm thinking that he may not even know about it and won't be supportive of any testing. if that's the case, who do i go to from there? a naturopath? a dan doctor? i have no clue. if our ped is interested in testing, but just isn't sure what the test is (this has happened in the past), what do i tell him? is it just testing for strep titers? thanks in advance!
