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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 62801" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>almostcrazy, please don't get any one diagnosis stuck in your mind. That can be a mistake. I did that with bipolar and I got what I asked about. I found that doctors can be suggestive to what WE tell them because they really don't have a clue half the time. I agree with you that even the best doctors make terrible errors at times. My neuropsychologist (I still recommend a neuropsychologist over a Psyschiatrist, but it's your choice),--ours was an alumnus of Mayo Clinic. He had worked there for ten years before moving to private practice in WIsconsin and he told us straight out, "Mayo Clinc makes mistakes ALL THE TIME. EVERY PROFESSIONAL makes mistakes all the time." It's so hard to get a correct diagnosis. and treatment. When we went to this neuropsychologist, we didn't say a word about what he felt may be wrong with our son. We just let him do all the tests with an open mind. He tested for twelve hours, which is why I like Neuropsychs. They run all sorts of cognitive and behavioral tests that nobody else does. At any rate, even though your daughter's onset of new and scary symptoms was fast, it may NOT be PANDAS. Mental illness can start on a dime. My first debilitating depression happened this way: I was sitting up in my bed looking out the window one night. I had just turned 13. One moment I was as fine as always (I'd never been quite right, but I'd always functioned.) Suddenly, in the time frame of less than a second, I felt something like an anchor falling in the pit of my stomach (best description I can come up with--I still remember the moment well) and suddenly I started to bawl. I was depressed, so depressed that I didn't go out with my friends or feel able to smile for a whole year. The only thing that may have caused this split second mood switch was that I got my period about a month later, but I have no clue if that was it. The depression remitted in a second, just as fast as it came on. One day I was in the library at high school and I felt that anchor lifting from my stomach and I felt high. VERY high, but not quite high enough to make me psychotic. I could FEEL the mood switches, unlike some who wake up depressed or manic. I was wide awake for both phases and the drastic switches. Hey, it could be PANDAS, but please don't let yourself get stuck on one diagnosis. I found that to be a mistake that cost my son many years of wrongful treatment. Let the doctor figure it out himself. JMO Good luck :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 62801, member: 1550"] almostcrazy, please don't get any one diagnosis stuck in your mind. That can be a mistake. I did that with bipolar and I got what I asked about. I found that doctors can be suggestive to what WE tell them because they really don't have a clue half the time. I agree with you that even the best doctors make terrible errors at times. My neuropsychologist (I still recommend a neuropsychologist over a Psyschiatrist, but it's your choice),--ours was an alumnus of Mayo Clinic. He had worked there for ten years before moving to private practice in WIsconsin and he told us straight out, "Mayo Clinc makes mistakes ALL THE TIME. EVERY PROFESSIONAL makes mistakes all the time." It's so hard to get a correct diagnosis. and treatment. When we went to this neuropsychologist, we didn't say a word about what he felt may be wrong with our son. We just let him do all the tests with an open mind. He tested for twelve hours, which is why I like Neuropsychs. They run all sorts of cognitive and behavioral tests that nobody else does. At any rate, even though your daughter's onset of new and scary symptoms was fast, it may NOT be PANDAS. Mental illness can start on a dime. My first debilitating depression happened this way: I was sitting up in my bed looking out the window one night. I had just turned 13. One moment I was as fine as always (I'd never been quite right, but I'd always functioned.) Suddenly, in the time frame of less than a second, I felt something like an anchor falling in the pit of my stomach (best description I can come up with--I still remember the moment well) and suddenly I started to bawl. I was depressed, so depressed that I didn't go out with my friends or feel able to smile for a whole year. The only thing that may have caused this split second mood switch was that I got my period about a month later, but I have no clue if that was it. The depression remitted in a second, just as fast as it came on. One day I was in the library at high school and I felt that anchor lifting from my stomach and I felt high. VERY high, but not quite high enough to make me psychotic. I could FEEL the mood switches, unlike some who wake up depressed or manic. I was wide awake for both phases and the drastic switches. Hey, it could be PANDAS, but please don't let yourself get stuck on one diagnosis. I found that to be a mistake that cost my son many years of wrongful treatment. Let the doctor figure it out himself. JMO Good luck [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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