my first symptons were at that same age.. only as hindsight however,,they called it growing pains..
There is a lot of research going on regarding kids with fibrp..more common than most think...and many dotors feel it is often misdiagnosed as AAD/ADHD
THe intersting news is that fibro in kinds seem to curable
see
http://www.fibrowelcomepackage.com

My first symptoms were at the age of 10, but I was not diagnosed until 9 years later.

I had growing pains at 9 yrs old that were diagnosed as Juvinal (SP) Rumatoid Arthritis because it attacked my left hip socket left me with slight limp and slight deformation of it. It has always bothered me and has been treated as Arthritis. Was diagnosed with FM and Chronic Fatigue at age 44. Now my Mom remembers me being tired all the time at about the time the hip "went bad". And I have seen 2 mentions of joint problems in children as possibly being due to FM. And these were in Medical info. magazines for the Dr's. So the answer is YES the medical community is starting to look at FM as possibly starting in children. Hope this helps

I worry about my 17 year old daughter having it as well. when she had her first check up to start kindergarten the doctor said she had the "onset" of juvenile arthritis. since arthritis runs in our family and I have it as well I never really thought about it until she had surgery about a year ago (endometriosis). seems like since then it is so hard for her to get motivated to do anything, including things that are fun. she stays tired most of the time and has aches and pains all the time. my husband says she is a hypocondriac but I don't think that's it at all. I am thinking about making her an appointment with a rheumatologist to see what their oppinion is. I have heard of other young people in my area being diagnosed with it so I know it isn't unusual. I didn't start having symptoms of it until after I had my coccyx removed about 3 years ago. has been hell ever since.

i was just recently diagnosed.. But i have had plenty of the symptoms since i was a teenager. such as back pain, balance, tenderness, hearing and i always srain my ancles. I got so use to it. I just keep on trucking.

I got my first symptoms at 6 yrs old. My mom has fibro, and she could tell that I had it. I do remember that I had a lot of "growing pains". That's all the doctors would say, so I had given up on finding the reason. I didn't go back for the pains until last year ( when I was 19 yrs old) and I'm so glad I did. I was dxd with fibro AND ended up finding out I have a connective tissue disease! So much for growing pains...