It is interesting that she was diagnosed nine years ago at age 36, but doctors think she may have had Parkinson's since she was 18. I think I may have had Parkinson's since 1982 when I was 28. That is when I first stopped feeling young and healthy. My neuro says it is possible, but not likely. I wonder if another doctor would say something different. I first started seeing a neurologist in 1999 and was fianally diagnosed with PD in Jan. 2006.