Meds (only 1!!) and Vitamins: Fluoxatine 10mg, melatonin 1mg, magnesium supplement, fish oil, D3 and Minelinx Probiotics. I can't believe Ewen is already in High School. He has mostly been symptom-free over these past few years but every now and then we still do about 3 months of Zithromax if he has realized that he is feeling "bad" and doesn't know why. The Zithro generally does the trick and he is back to "normal" again. I feel like his hitting puberty helped with his immune system getting stronger. When we all got Norovirus he got a very mild case (unlike his sisters and me). I'm hoping that this is his new, stronger immune system that will help fight agains PANS and keep him safe and dare I ask for, happy? He is doing well and making mostly A's. I keep checking in on him. I still often sit with him at night as he is falling asleep as that is when he likes to chat. I hope he learns empathy from this, and that depression and anxiety are real an
What do you do when your brilliant, confident, happy 10-year-old suddenly plunges into a frightening downward spiral of debilitating panic attacks? This blog is a mother's journey about a family working it's way back from a crisis, to some kind of happy normalcy.