For nearly Two years now my sister and I have been affected by PANDAS.
Before you click away thinking this is a joke thread, It's an acronym, not chinese bears.

PANDAS basically takes away a lot of your ability to reason and socialize, and makes it extremely difficult to resist temptation.

My family has been begging and praying the whole way, but after a few months of healing, there's suddenly a spike and relapse.

My sister's case has been too severe for her to even attend school. Every day is painful, and I give in to bad habits far too easily.

I just want it to end. I'm not contemplating suicide, but that's a miracle in itself at the moment.

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Have you tried getting medical or psychological treatment?

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Multiple times for my sister, and I have had medicine prescribed on occasion.

Her case has always been worse than mine.

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Well gosh, does it at least help?

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Sometimes, other times...
It feels like a 10000$ medical treatment was spent for twelve seconds of peace.

2477015 I shall keep you in my thoughts this Sunday and, God willing to aid my memory, beyond as well.

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Thank you.

what is PANDAS?

2477081 It sounds like a more... crippling form of OCD with a bacterial causation.

2477015 i'll pray what's your real name so ha can mention you at church

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Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections, a rare disease that usually appears in children. This term describes a hypothesis that there exists a subset of children with rapid onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tic disorders and these symptoms are caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infections.

2477015 Absolutely.

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I'll keep you in my prayers.

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We will pray for you and yours.

2477015 I will pray

2477112 I dont want to sound dumb... but can you go into more detail?

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In addition to an OCD or tic disorder diagnosis, children may have other symptoms associated with exacerbations such as emotional lability, enuresis, anxiety, and deterioration in handwriting. In the PANDAS model, this abrupt onset is thought to be preceded by a strep throat infection. As the clinical spectrum of PANDAS appears to resemble that of Tourette's syndrome, some researchers hypothesized that PANDAS and Tourette's may be associated; this idea is controversial and a focus for current research.

That better?

2477344 yes. Hrm that is interesting because I have tourettes and I have already prayed for them =)

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I will pray for you both.

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I don't know your church, but you can probably mention them anonymously in a prayer request.

2477015 I will keep the both of you in my prayers. May god be with you both.

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I will. Don't lose faith, I just like many others will be praying for you.

I will pray for you both.

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Thank you to Everyone. It's been difficult, but it feels great knowing so many of you care for a complete stranger.

2478435 well then let's not be strangers

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I'd like that.

I'll pray as well.