10-Year-Old with Panic (PANS)

So I took Ewen to see an acupuncture specialist today. She came very highly recommended and so Ewen and I drove out to her house on the other side of town in a neighborhood of hills and trees with lots of space between each house that was built in the 70's. She was very welcoming and happy with an English accent. Her home was tidy and serene and she took us back to a room with the table and lots of space and string heart lights and  string butterflies. She asked a lot of questions about how and when all this anxiety business started then she did some needles in his belly, legs and feet. She did some more talking and then did a couple of needles in his back. He was a great sport about everything. Then she wanted to rub his neck and head but he wasn't so excited about that and said "ow" and that she was pulling his hair. When we left he said that the needles were cool but he hated that she pulled his hair when she was rubbing his head. I gave him some inositol m...

Tuesday Dec 22nd Benadryl 10 ML's 9:30 am Benadryl 10 ML's 1:00   1/2 propanol 3:12 1/2 propanol 4:17 1/2 propanol 6:14 1/2 propanol 8:55pm 1/2 propanol 10pm Sleep at 10:50 , worried, eyes hurting, swallowing still bothering him. Loose stool at one point. Took Jeff and I to get him to sleep with music and calm story but no panic attack. Nightmares. Swallowing excessive saliva all through sleep all night long until the morning.  Wednesday Dec 23rd 1/2 propanol 8:40 am 1/4 Lexapro 8:40 am At 11am, not panicky and didn't need more propanol he said. But he can't swallow food through tight throat. Had some smoothie for breakfast. Wants to keep head in iPod video games and constantly chew gum to control excessive saliva. 1/2 propanol 1:10pm still can't swallow food. Had a bit of a smoothie for lunch. But happy and not chewing gum for saliva. 1/2 propanol, 4:50 pm he said he was thinking bad thoughts so he knew he needed it again. 1/2 propa...

Today we went to see a new doctor and we talked about instead of Intuiv, starting Ewen on a very, very lose dose of Prozac and titrating up very, very slowly. I think that makes sense.  It is in liquid form so we can titrate it how we want to. He will have such a low dose that it will barely do anything at all for a week but his body and brain will be getting used to the weirdness of a new drug. Then we can put it up super slowly, hopefully with no "activating".  I hope it is the right thing to do. We can continue with the Propranolol with it too. I feel a bit of hope again. I met with the Dr. by myself today to make sure that he was right for Ewen and that I liked what he said. He made the most sense in correlation with what I have read and researched and experienced myself. He knew the science and was able to explain his reasons for why kids don't get benzodiazepines (they just don't respond and react to them like adults do). But he said we could give one at night...