We run urine organic acid testing on almost every child who comes through our clinic. Autism. PANS. PANDAS. Thousands of cases over the years.
Different triggers. Same pattern.
The same marker keeps flashing red. 5-HIAA. Raised in over 80% of them.
That’s serotonin turnover in overdrive. Not excess. Exhaustion. The brain burning through its calm and sleep chemistry to survive inflammation.
Parents describe the same picture before they ever see the results: wired at night, soaked in sweat, startled by sound, panicking over small changes, refusing food, trapped in rituals, raging one moment and inconsolable the next, exhausted but unable to rest.
Then we test. And the numbers tell the story their child’s body has been shouting.
It’s a simple urine test - non-invasive, quick, clear. But it shows exactly how the nervous system is coping under immune fire.
When we reduce inflammation, repair the gut, and restore the missing cofactors, that number drops - and children start to stabilise.
This is what objective data can do. Evidence that the chaos is chemical, not character.
#PANS #PANDAS #Autism #FunctionalMedicine #Neuroinflammation #RootCause
Thanks Lee for raising the urgent issues of #Tourettes in the @SeneddWales . People with Tourette syndrome face significant barriers to accessing a diagnosis & care. Theres much work to be done to ensure individuals with TS receive equitable care - the postcode lottery must end!
Lee Waters asked the Welsh First Minister in the @SeneddWales to do more to support those living with #TouretteSyndrome. The First Minister confirmed that the lack of @NICEComms doesn't help. The postcode lottery needs to end @Eluned_Morgan@WelshLGA https://t.co/rU92ouLR8d
To all medics out there
Can we normalise believing parents
The ones who know their child
The ones who’ve watched the light go out
The ones who said “something changed overnight” and were told there’s nothing you can do
The evidence is not missing
You just keep dismissing it
‼️Parents and caregivers ‼️
If this was your experience
Add your voice below 👇
Every story makes it harder to ignore
#PANDAS
#PANS
#Autism
#BelieveParents
A child changes - sometimes overnight, sometimes over weeks.
Panics in the car. Refuses food. Can’t sleep. Clings to you all day. Terrified of noises. Wetting themselves. Obsessively tapping or blinking.
Parents are told: “It’s autism.”
“It’s FND.” “It’s sensory.” “It’s behavioural.” “It’s anxiety.” “It’s your parenting.”
No MRI. No EEG. No bloods. No immune workup.
Just a label. A leaflet. A waiting list.
No one asks: Why did this start after strep? After a virus? After antibiotics? After mould exposure? After a tick bite?
No one asks: What changed in the brain?
This is how PANS, PANDAS, encephalitis, metabolic disorders, and autoimmunity get missed.
They needed medical investigation. They got a behaviour chart.
#Neuroinflammation
#functionalmedicine
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