Reply To: PANDAS

Dr MamaBear, from one bear to another, hugs, and may our cubs have a refua shleima. Your story makes mine seem like child’s play… How do/did you hold yourself together through all this?
I have been wondering something when it comes to my child- while his symptoms were sudden onset, some of the symptoms are extremes of tendencies he has shown in the past- for example, he was always a clingy baby, could never be put down, and had sensory-seeking issues when he was younger. These were things that he outgrew, and now came back suddenly in full force, much more extreme. In all your experience- is there a predisposition to PANDAS- is a certain type of child more susceptible? Or certain symptoms more likely to come up because there is already a neurological wiring in that direction?