hmm good question :winky:...

dx 2days befor my 18th b-day & i am now 22 :).

takecare.

p.s.if u have any more questions ask away heh.

Currently 38. It snuck up on me at 33.

My Sons (the other M.S.) help keep me young.

39 dx'd at 37.

lol... yep it looks like you win.. my bday is january 15... so I just recently turned 26 too! It's good to know I am not the youngest... it makes it kinda depressing (*not meant in a mean way at all... just mean it seems like I am the only 20 something person with MS*)

Thanks everybody for your overwhelming response!!! :)

Aww... that is so awesome that you get on here with your Mom... :) that is really cool...

well... you are the youngest now... sorry i am going through and replying as I read the posts!!
Man, dx before turning 18 huh? that must have been rough.. I couldn't imagine dealing with all this while in highschool..
I give you props!! :)

29 was diagnosed when I was 26 and a half years old although I think I have had problems every since I was a teenager and looking back on it it explains a lot of problems I had.

actully, i took it well, i was like ahuh, is that it (lol).:p

also i wasnt in highschool, cause i had droped out at sixteen years old, dum move too, i wish id go back, altho havent yet, trying to find the gunts too heh, maybe someday soon.

anyways yeah 18 heh i took it well tho. im a very easy going person tho nothing gets to me.

I'm 32 now, and I was diagnosed about a year ago. I've heard that the late 20's/early 30's is the most common time to be diagnosed with MS.

We have the advantage of being diagnosed in a time where MS researchers are finding out all sorts of new things about the disease. The DMD's will give us a much higher chance of maintaining a normal life as we age and progress. I'm hopeful. :)

I'm 68, nearly 69, and was diagnosed with MS at 39. I mostly just lurk here but I wanted my age to go on record, in case some of you younger people are afraid you won't live very long.

Large numbers of us live quite a while.

Hi Aggy, how you be? I've still got almost a year on ya....69 here.:)

Hi Sally, :Wave-Hello:

How nice of you to reply! I think of you as a cyberfriend of long standing.

I'm hoping we'll show them all that people with MS live to a ripe old age.

I've read a number of posts lately by much younger people who are absolutely sure they'll die young.

They probably won't--that's my guess. Let's hope they don't.