Is this a PANDAS symptom?

[butterflymom]

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Edited October 5, 2015 by tampicc

[smartyjones]

i think yes, vey much so. my ds was 41/2 at onset and he did this type of thing to an extreme! first, he took azith which was horrible. we got him on keflex and all that behavior stopped. so, yes, i very much believe that's a pandas symptom.

 

 

[eljomom]

Hmmm...I think it is more of an ADHD thing---I have seen this with MANY ADHD kids (I am a teacher by trade...)....HOWEVER, ADHD can also be a sign of Pandas. I think we are all so "PTSD" with all this that we have to be very careful not to rope all of our kids into a situation where normal (well, abnormally normal) behavior is lumped into pandas. Don't get me wrong--I am seriously wondering if 2 of my others have/had it as well. My dd8, back in preschool, K, and 1st grade would get throat clearing tics, and horrible separation anxiety at school. Would last a month to 6 weeks, then stop, then return. She has very dilated pupils as of the past few months, but no tics, etc. but always has been very easy to fall apart. Also still wets the bed. My dd11 questions over and over, things he already knows the answer to, and also wets the bed. Goes through periods of picking his lip, biting nails, etc. But they are functioning, so as of now, I am going to leave it alone....I think.....I think....I think.....

[SarahJane]

My ds did the same thing. You tell him not to do something...he does it. You tell him to stop doing something...he does it at least one more time. I started thinking it was a compulsion...like he HAS to do what we tell him NOT to do.* He has told us not to tell him something before, so I think I was on to something with that but it took me a while to come up with that theory. It's frustrating because you're trying not to lose your cool or to give them a way to not get into more trouble, and lo and behold they don't listen (which is age appropriate...whew!). And yes, I've been known to scream "STOP SCREAMING!" which is not a very good example, eh? Anyway, for the most part now (post-IVIG and barring any flipping of the pages back), he will stop or not do something. And if he doesn't, it's more age-appropriate misbehavior than PANDAS brain control behavior.