Thanks so much for responding; my daughter (now 14) began exhibiting symptoms at age 10; diagnosed at 12 with AIP. FInallly diagnosed thru DNA testing (she's adopted). As of this time she cannot return to local schools and is currently being tutored (through school district). Though I have yet to prove it, something in the school buildings cause symptoms: first (at age 11) nausea, headache, vomiting, dizzy, numbness which quickly progressed to 2-5 min. fainting & 'seizure' type activity which then progressed to 5-20+ min. attacks of fainting and convulsions and potential life-threatening actvity (inability to breath) before the horrendous abdominal pain came on (usually upon regaining consiousness). LOTS of hospitalizations and 'nasty' references about 'faking it for attention.' I narrowed it down to a combination of the cleaning agent/white & smart board markers/ herbicide before the school shut down and refused to work with me. Her nausea would begin whenever she had to wait out on the sidewalk for any length of time in front of the school building to gain entry with the other kids. The white and smart board markers contain neurotoxins; she was must susceptible in math class (one of the classes she loved) where markers were used very heavily. Finally, the cleaning agent (a "green cleaner") seemed to trigger attacks, especially during the 'swine flu' scare when everything was washed over-frequently. We resorted to retaining legal help to get her the education opportunity she is entitled to.
Would you be willing to correspond about your AIP expereince(s) for potential input to our book (esp. if you have any childhood health/AIP-related recollections (trying to raise awareness of this rare disorder and to tell the story of our tween's ordeal with this adult-onset disease? If so, you can email me at marketbase@peoplepc.com. FYI, a member to this forum helped us TREMENDOUSLY with a referral to an AIP specialist in your 'neck of the country' who literally saved our daugther's life and gave her/us hope for her future. In fact, we went to VA in October for an update 'check-in'. Our daughter is currently asymptomatic but hasn't seen the inside of a school room yet this year. She is about to start at a new school in another district and we are praying that this school will not trigger attacks. Our book is about 75% finished; to our knowledge, she is the only kid in U.S. with AIP that requires Panhematin treatments (she has a port in her chest to facilitate infusions) and can no longer play contact sports (her budding basketball love went kaput soon after she began the horrid attacks).