Patients with autoimmune-induced neuropsychiatric symptoms often do not respond to treatment with standard psychotropic medications. Or, their symptoms are worsened with treatment. Identifying an underlying autoimmune component is important, since treatment focuses on eradicating any infection and treating the immune system with immunomodulatory therapies. And, with proper treatment symptoms can be greatly reduced or resolved completely.

Patients with autoimmune-induced neuropsychiatric conditions often have a family history of autoimmune disorders.

Certain infections are more frequently associated with autoimmune encephalopathies and neuropsychiatric symptoms. According to our analysis, patients who tested positive on the Autoimmune Brain Panel™ had a history of: Group A Strep, Influenza A, Varicella (chickenpox), Epstein-Barr virus (mono), Mycoplasma, Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), Babesia, Bartonella, Coxsackie virus (hand, foot & mouth disease), candida and herpes virus.

Note: Patients often have sub-clinical infections. These are infections that do not produce outward, physical symptoms, yet the infection can still cause an immune dysfunction and trigger neurologic and psychiatric symptoms.