Christianmom Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was up in the wee hours of the night last night, worrying about my son as I know you all can relate to, and came across this site: http://twicegifted.com/pandas-cause-ocd-tics which suggests that PANDAS kids should be tested for hypoglycemia. The test suggested is a glucose tolerance test (4 hour test with all 1/2 hourly readings). I have never heard of this before but was very curious as I am hypoglycemic and most of my father's family (he was one of nine) were diabetics. Though I will say I have not seen severe signs of hypoglycemia in my son. Has anyone had this test done? Should I consider this? My son's doctor is Dr. T and he has never suggested this. Nor has my son's lyme doctor, thought we have only seen him twice. Here is another link: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/OCD_and_Nutrition.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeptrying Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was up in the wee hours of the night last night, worrying about my son as I know you all can relate to, and came across this site: http://twicegifted.com/pandas-cause-ocd-tics which suggests that PANDAS kids should be tested for hypoglycemia. The test suggested is a glucose tolerance test (4 hour test with all 1/2 hourly readings). I have never heard of this before but was very curious as I am hypoglycemic and most of my father's family (he was one of nine) were diabetics. Though I will say I have not seen severe signs of hypoglycemia in my son. Has anyone had this test done? Should I consider this? My son's doctor is Dr. T and he has never suggested this. Nor has my son's lyme doctor, thought we have only seen him twice. Here is another link: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/OCD_and_Nutrition.html We have done this. I brought my daughter to a pediatric GI doctor a couple of years ago when I was trying to put the pieces together. He ran many tests and that was one of them. It is a 4 hour test done in a hospital. The only hard part was not eating before. The test came back normal which was good I guess. I am all for trying to rule it all out. Good luck if you do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereishope Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I only had it done with my last pregnancy. There may be a shorter, prescursor test they can do and see if that's in normal range and if the 4 hour is needed. Well, at least it's like that with pregnancies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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