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royalty

587d

Hey PANS/PANDAS family, I need some help figuring out something. TW for slight TMI if armpits and bad smells gross you out. So I think I might have a bacterial infection in my armpit (and I didn't find out until today right after I left a doctor's appointment, how sad šŸ„²). It's been itching for a while but today it started burning and smelling really bad. Since yesterday I've had a spike in PANS/PANDAS symptoms. Yesterday it started with OCD, and today it's been that along with memory issues, speech problems, slow processing speed (slower than usual), dyslexia, delusions and paranoia, easy sensory overload, lots of anxiety, dissociation, headaches, urinary urgency, and more that I can't remember atm. Could this be a PANS/PANDAS flare? I didn't even think of that until a few ours ago but now that I realized that I've been very imposter syndrome-y thinking that I'm only having symptoms because I'm telling myself it's PANS/PANDAS. Mostly because my pupils aren't big so I'm like "maybe I'm just faking šŸ™ƒ." But like I said I've been having these symptoms all day and didn't even consider it to be PANDAS until a few hours ago. Help šŸ„² P.S. I'm not officially diagnosed I'm just suspecting PANS/PANDAS because I have a lot of symptoms and fully meet the critera. Just putting this out there in case anyone tells me to talk to my doctor/specialist because that's not an option atm šŸ„² Thanks for reading!

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    • SpaceCat2000

      583d

      @royalty nobody has ever noticed it with me and Iā€™m diagnosed!

    • SpaceCat2000

      585d

      What you described is a cause and effect of a PANDAS flare up so it could be one! Also I havenā€™t heard anything about bigger pupils what is that about?

      • royalty

        585d

        @SpaceCat2000 I thought dilated pupils was a telltale sign of PANDAS. When I see stuff about it they always talk about or show pictures of really big pupils. I've been thinking if I have PANDAS or PANS I have to have bigger pupils but if I'm wrong that would save me a lot of imposter syndrome lol

        • SpaceCat2000

          583d

          @royalty nobody has ever noticed it with me and Iā€™m diagnosed!

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