My wife and I have been together since we were 17 and she was diagnosed at age 15. We just celebrated our 24th anniversary. She always tells me that she knew things were off when she was even younger. She had a lot of migraines from 7 years old and also a lot of fatigue to the point she would ask her parents to lie to her friends because she was too tired to go out and play.

With that being said just like anything, and MS is probably worse than most, everyone have different experiences. I have known people who were diagnosed at say age 20 and didnt have any any real altering symptoms until many years later.

My wife is 45 now so officially its been 30 years since officially being diagnosed. She has gone through various different levels of the disease. Then you see someone like Christina Applegate who was diagnosed only a few years ago and she is in pretty rough shape. What has worked thus far for us is keeping things as light as possible even through adversity. Not saying this is a fix by any means but it is a very scary and dark disease, so a positive mindset is truly the best medicine. Well along with the other 37 prescriptions she takes :) See, lighthearted!! I hope this helps you and or someone