Mom & Doc Talk: Healing PANS/PANDAS

#54 Denise Pihas on recovering from onset in an (almost) teen, and grassroots hospital advocacy


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Today we are joined by Denise, who shares her daughter's experience with PANS onset at age 12. We also talked about her continued advocacy for the pans community beyond her daughter's recovery. We touch on:

  • A PANS case that involved seizures

  • The challenge in finding a diagnosis, especially when all of your labs look normal

  • Navigating sensitive PANS case that is responding poorly to things that should be helping

  • The difference in working with a homeopath versus other provider types

  • Dealing with people who didn’t believe what her family was experiencing 

  • The impact (and trauma) of the later onset of PANS

  • Victories big and small

  • What helping her daughter navigate through PANS and recovery taught her about herself

  • The gift that PANS can end up being in the long run

  • Establishing a pediatric inflammatory brain disorders center in her local children’s hospital

  • The ways parenting and relationships had to shift as her daughter healed and became an adult

  • Advice for parents with teens that are still struggling with PANS

  • Denise references the long version of her story that you can find in our Facebook group here

    You can hear Isabella’s personal experience on Episode 19 on Spotify and YouTube

    If you want a place for support, join the group that we talked about: Homeopathy for PANS & PANDAS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PANDAShomeopathy

    Facebook not your thing? Follow us on Instagram @resiliencenaturopathic and @drjenniferbahr 

    You can also email us at [email protected]



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