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Have you heard of PANS/PANDAS?
A daughter's PANS diagnosis explained: what the condition is, how it surfaced after strep, and what treatment and acceptance have looked like since.
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ADHD, ODD, PANS/PANDAS, anxiety and learning differences — diagnosis, school, therapy, and building a home that fits the child you actually have.
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That Time We Put Our Child in a PHP (Partial Hospitalization Program).
Why the family chose a Partial Hospitalization Program for their young son, what the programme involved, and where things stood two years later.
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The Bittersweet Diagnosis
The day the diagnosis finally arrives for a son: relief, vindication after years of being doubted, and grief for the struggles still ahead of him.
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Just Breathe (A Sigh of Relief) and a Disclaimer
After a clinical psychological evaluation, a rare moment of being believed as the parent of a child with special needs, and why she writes about it.
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Amanda’s Version of “What Would You Do?”
Parenting a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder in public, the judgement that follows, and what she wishes she had said in those moments.
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Our Child and (our) Mental Illness
An honest look at a son's ADHD, anxiety and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, the counselling, and parenting through it while unwell yourself too.