When Your Child Is “Just Not Right”: Understanding PANS & PANDAS

📍 Baja Gold Minerals (mineral-rich sea salt, spice blends, Tidal Hydrate and Tidal Perform): Use code MAM10 for 10% off https://bajagoldminerals.com 📍 Vintage Tradition (grass-fed tallow balm): Use code MAM10 for 10% off https://vintagetradition.com Have you ever had a "something isn't right" mom intuition moment with your child? We start this episode with that question, then sit down with Elizabeth Mae, a functional health practitioner who has been through it herself. After a postpartum health crisis with multiple autoimmune conditions, Elizabeth rebuilt her health, left a 19-year career as a wedding photographer, and now helps families dealing with chronic infections, immune dysfunction, and PANS and PANDAS. Elizabeth explains what PANS and PANDAS are, how they differ, and how the early signs, like sudden OCD, rage, tics, sleep trouble, sensory issues, and handwriting changes, are easy to write off as behavior. We talk about why so many pediatricians don't know what to do with these diagnoses, what she looks at when a child's symptoms keep coming back, and how strep, Lyme, Epstein-Barr, mold, and stress can all play a role. She also shares why she believes retraining the immune system matters more than masking symptoms, and which homeopathic remedies she keeps on hand for cold and flu season and for moms who are running on empty.   📚 Resources & Links Mentioned: 📍 Elizabeth Mae's functional health practice (book a clarity call or SOS call): https://heyhey.practicebetter.io/#/601f05602a9c240718277867/bookings?s=6025a1712a9c24070c74cf52&step=date 📍 Hey Homeopathics (homeopathy blends and kits, plus her free Simple Solutions Guide): https://www.heyheymae.com/heyheyhomeopathics 📍 Elizabeth on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyheyelizabethmae/ 📍 Hey Homeopathics on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyheyhomeopathics/ 📍 Join our Patreon Community: https://patreon.com/modernancestralmamas 📍 Website: https://www.modernancestralmamas.com   ✨ Topics Covered in This Episode: ✔️ Our "mom intuition" moments, including two broken arms and a very memorable "uterus" ✔️ Elizabeth's path from postpartum illness to functional health practitioner ✔️ What EBV, Lyme disease, PANS, and PANDAS are, explained in plain language ✔️ How PANS and PANDAS can show up: tics, OCD, bedwetting, sleep problems, sensory sensitivity, regression in handwriting and school skills, rage, and new fears ✔️ Why these diagnoses are hard to get, and what parents can do when their pediatrician is dismissive ✔️ Why Elizabeth focuses on the pattern and timeline more than the diagnosis ✔️ Common triggering events, from big stressors and RSV to repeated rounds of antibiotics ✔️ The role of the tonsils and adenoids, and why Elizabeth doesn't see removal as a cure for recurring strep ✔️ How strep can show up in the gut, skin, and brain, including connections to SIBO, eczema, and anxiety ✔️ Her alpha-gal, Lyme, and Bartonella experience, and what it taught her about PANS and PANDAS ✔️ Ancestral eating, lowering sugar, and why she pauses dairy for a season ✔️ Lymph drainage and simple ways to support a child's body while it clears infection ✔️ Why symptoms can seem to disappear and then return, including the effects of mold, stress, and toxin load ✔️ How homeopathy fits into retraining the immune system ✔️ Homeopathic remedies for fever, colds, tummy troubles, and worn-out moms ✔️ Why big changes often start with moms noticing a pattern, from the discovery of Lyme to today   📲 Stay Connected: Patreon Community | https://www.patreon.com/c/ModernAncestralMamas @fornutrientssake | https://www.instagram.com/fornutrientssake/ @nourishthelittles | https://www.instagram.com/nourishthelittles/ @modernancestralmamas | https://www.instagram.com/modernancestralmamas/ YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ModernAncestralMamas