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High School - 9th Grade and All Is Well (So Far)

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 and not necessarily fixed by "tough love". Sometimes these illnesses  are fixed by TRUST, understanding... and some Zithromax and Prozac :)

Bye for now.

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