A Light in the Fog: Parents Share Their PANS/PANDAS Stories of Hope

When you're in the darkest moments of your PANS/PANDAS journey—when your child is a shell of themselves, when every day feels like surviving an impossible storm—it's hard to imagine that things will ever get better. But they can. And they do. For the final episode of Season 1, hosts Krystal Vivian…

School Refusal and Doctor Refusal: Understanding PANS/PANDAS Behaviors

Your child is screaming in the car, refusing to go to school. Or they're hiding under their bed, terrified of another doctor's appointment. You know something is deeply wrong, but from the outside, it just looks like defiance. Welcome to one of the most misunderstood aspects of PANS/PANDAS: refusal…

Siblings, Schools, and Friends: Navigating PANS/PANDAS Conversations With Kids

One of the hardest parts of a PANS/PANDAS diagnosis isn't just getting the diagnosis—it's figuring out how to talk about it. How do you explain to your child that their brain is under attack by their own immune system? What do you tell siblings who've been walking on eggshells for months? And how m…

How Mold Testing Changed Everything for One PANS/PANDAS Family

What do you do when you've tried everything—antibiotics, therapy, multiple specialists—and your children are still struggling? For Tricia, the answer came from an unexpected place: her own home. In this episode, we sit down with Tricia, a teacher and mom of two kids with PANDAS, whose five-year di…

Understanding Flares: Stanford Study Research Reveals Four PANS/PANDAS Course Patterns

For years, parents have been told their observations about their child's PANS/PANDAS symptoms don't match the "typical" pattern—leaving them confused, doubting themselves, and struggling to get proper treatment. But what if there isn't just one typical pattern? What if your child's unique journey i…

Navigating Insurance Denials: How Claimable is Helping PANS/PANDAS Families Win Appeals

Getting a PANS/PANDAS diagnosis is only half the battle—the other half is fighting insurance companies for treatment coverage. In this episode, Krystal and Lindsey sit down with Dr. Warris Bokhari, co-founder of Claimable, an AI-powered platform that's helping families overturn insurance denials f…

When Strep Hijacks Your Child's Brain: One Family's PANDAS Journey

What happens when a simple strep infection transforms your child into someone you don't recognize? Flying Through Fog dives deep into the hidden world of PANS/PANDAS — a condition where common infections trigger autoimmune responses that attack the brain, causing sudden personality changes, severe…