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5 yr old daughter's behavior changed overnight.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 62488" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Frankly, my advice is to stop trying to figure out why and take her to your pediatrician, asking for a referral to a Child Psychiatrist after checking for strep. None of us here know what is wrong--we can make a lot of suggestions--but I'd want her seen by a professional. In this case (and this is just what *I* would do) because it came on suddenly, first I'd take her for a physical. If she tests out fine, I'd immediately take her to a Psychiatrist (with the MD). As for the pacifier, I'm the mom of five kids, the oldest 29 and the youngest 11. I really doubt the pacifier made your daughter so upset--don't beat yourself up over that, please!!! But I'd give it back to her because right now, in my opinion, it's not a good time to take it away from her. Trust me, she won't still be using one in college :wink: Meanwhile, tell your pediatrician it's an emergency, have her tested for strep. She could have some sort of infection, but that still doesn't necessarily explain her behavior. I'm not that familiar with PANDAS (don't think it's diagnosed much in the US), but that would still need psychiatric attention, if that's what it is. In the meantime, I would check into everything, but in my opinion I'd skip any talk therapists. I'd start with the medical people and go from there. I really hope you get a handle on this. I swear, my son has had every weird symptom in the world...lol...but this one he didn't have. Post again and let us know what's going on. You got other great feedback here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 62488, member: 1550"] Frankly, my advice is to stop trying to figure out why and take her to your pediatrician, asking for a referral to a Child Psychiatrist after checking for strep. None of us here know what is wrong--we can make a lot of suggestions--but I'd want her seen by a professional. In this case (and this is just what *I* would do) because it came on suddenly, first I'd take her for a physical. If she tests out fine, I'd immediately take her to a Psychiatrist (with the MD). As for the pacifier, I'm the mom of five kids, the oldest 29 and the youngest 11. I really doubt the pacifier made your daughter so upset--don't beat yourself up over that, please!!! But I'd give it back to her because right now, in my opinion, it's not a good time to take it away from her. Trust me, she won't still be using one in college [img]:wink:[/img] Meanwhile, tell your pediatrician it's an emergency, have her tested for strep. She could have some sort of infection, but that still doesn't necessarily explain her behavior. I'm not that familiar with PANDAS (don't think it's diagnosed much in the US), but that would still need psychiatric attention, if that's what it is. In the meantime, I would check into everything, but in my opinion I'd skip any talk therapists. I'd start with the medical people and go from there. I really hope you get a handle on this. I swear, my son has had every weird symptom in the world...lol...but this one he didn't have. Post again and let us know what's going on. You got other great feedback here. [/QUOTE]
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