Here’s what it looks like from a parent’s perspective. One day, the child you know is just gone, and in his or her place is a child with crippling anxiety, rage, or depression, or a mix of all three. Sometimes, this change happens overnight, as is the case with classic PANDAS or acute-onset PANS.  Sometimes,

The kids and I have all tested positive for Lyme disease, Bartonella, Babesia, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. They likely got them from me during pregnancy, given that we have the same profile of tick infections. We are working with an LLMD and will get better, but Lyme disease is highly politicized in this country

I am a lifelong Democrat. I’d be a socialist if I had that option. I used to believe in herd immunity. My kids were fully vaccinated until they got Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), an autoimmune disorder that causes brain inflammation. I experienced autoimmune infertility when I was trying to get pregnant with them. I