12 yr old -- lyme, H1N1, fainting, sleepwalking...

[fwaldron]

In Sept my daughter had a rash all over her chest after a shower; ER said it was contact dermatitis.  Few days later saw dr. for rash, vomiting and a low fever.  She urinated a few times when she was unaware of need until it started.  Urine culture showed Group B strep and put her on amoxicillin.  After appts and tests, blood work 2x abdominal ultrasound and a barium upper G.I., (all negative), on 3rd bloodwork added Lyme test, it was positive (lower marker).  Switched her from amox.  to doxycicline.  The next week she rec'd the nasal H1N1 vaccine and the next day had severe fever, back to doc. He said she had H1N1 and had been exposed pre- vaccine. She was put on tamiflu.  Then she started fainting up to 20 x a day and we went to ER on a Friday night. At this point the cough from the flu was very severe.  They kept her overnight and gave albuterol to help with the coughing.  

The fainting continued so she had a 24 hr video EEG and saw pediatric neurologist.  After 24 hrs and multiple episodes walking, in bed, etc. they determined that her brain and cardiac rhythms were all normal and diagnosed her with psychogenic fainting/seizures.

They have gotten better as she has gone back to school and we have tried to get back to normal.  However they continue, once or twice at school, most of the times at home. I am not convinced that this is stress related, but agree that stress does not help.  

When she was in the ER for fainting they did bloodwork (at end of doxy.) and Lyme test showed her level had lowered significantly.

She has been very healthy. She is 4’10” and 105lbs.  She is in early stages of puberty. I also believe she has ADD.

She has started sleepwalking, waking up in my bed and not knowing how she got there.  Last night she came into Living Room saying 'momma, momma,...' in monotone voice and when I said "What?  Why are you out of bed"  She 'woke' up and had no idea how she got there.

Any ideas or directions?

[cfriend]

This sounds a lot like what has been happening with my daughter and it frightens me. We live in a 2nd floor apartment with an open staircase & I've put a kitchen chair in front of it so she doesn't fall down the steps. She sleep-walked just a little while ago (2nd night in a row now) and was very disoriented, asking me "where's your friend, mom?" And when I walked her back to her bedroom began taking off shorts telling me she was "doing something." This is so strange - she is on doxycycline as well - could this be a side effect of the medicine? Btw I agree the 1st response is complete nonsense.

[concerned433]

My daughter is 3 years old, diagnosed with scarlet fever and put on amoxycillin. last night she was also sleepwalking, we have changed nothing in her diet or routines except for the medication. I do believe that there may be a link and will be consulting with our GP about this today.

[fwaldron]

this is a ridiculous answer which reiterated what I had written....I already have been told this...I was looking for more information, in legible professional english, specifically any possiblility  that this could be related to
Lyme.

[Abhijeet Ghosh]

Dear fwaldron,
Many thanks for posting the question.
I have seen personally that the child want to get more and more attention and by doing this get successful.That is the reason as why i told you to get involved less and less involved in paying attention to these activities.
The more the child understands the importance of these activities, the higher the frequency of these activities happens.
So we should not pay attention to these things and not discuss it also in front of the child.
If this strategy of our's fails, then we need to take help of an expert councillor.
Feel free to discuss more.
Regards