1st grade! So, age 5 1/2 ? 6?

and all through my younger years "you're Too Young to Have Headaches". Of course, she meant "problems/issues", not physical head pain, but still effectively dismissing 'em.

Must have been in my early teen years when I really remember hearing intimations of being a hypochondriac.

Especially with physical things, and in my lower back. Wasn't MS, it was my SBO nobody Knew about until 2002, and nobody suspected until my first chiro visit in 1989 at 30!

All my childhood illnesses were different than the other kids, reactions to things, especially mosquito bites.

fourtunetly I have been very lucky when it comes to that thank god, my family and friends are the ones that forced me to see a doc. they knew before I did that something was wrong...
april

I can't really say that they ever did! I can say my husband called me his "medical mishap" though since I was 19! I was clumsy and would hurt myself all the time! Some things never change!

They didn't call me that, but I remember them saying that they thought that I just wanted to get out of going to school. That was in 7th grade.

Ya my parents always said they were going to name a hospital ward after me. Well lets the only reason i spent anytime in a hospital was on the physc ward because my father drove me to eating disorders and drug addiction. The happiest times I spent in any ward was the maternity ward when i had my babies. i have had a few IV treatments at the hospital where i was DX,but that doesen't bother me too much because i know i'm going to feel better afterwords. Good question Larry.

Mostly my parents did not. Rather my Mom and step Dad whom I consider my Dad more then my actual Father. He (biological father) once told me to go back to bed and stop being a baby when at only 5 years of age I had to literally drag myself with only my arms into his room and ask him to cut off my legs cause they hurt so bad!

GE

Never happened w/ my parents, but my primary care dr. Probably about 10 years pre diagnosis I had some numbness in one of my legs. A friend of mine that was in med school told me that I really should have it checked out and had a suggestion of what it might be - told this to my Dr who said, "oh, they probably just learned about that at school - all med students diagnose themselves and their friends w/ whatever they're studying...frustrating!

Diane

I can't remember my age but about 9 years I kept telling my mum I hsd ants in my bed crawling all over my legs. i was told I was silly because nothing was there. I would have said the same to my child in that circumstance I think. We were brought up to make little of any ache n pains or illness. So I always kept any "weirdness" to myself.

8. I was having constant headaches and blurred vision.

What the hell kind of parents did some of you guys have. Holy crap! I'm so sorry so many haven't had support from the people that were supposed to give it to you.

I STARTED HAVING SEIZURES AT AGE 7. MY PARENTS WERE DEVORSED N MY MOTHER USED 2 TELL ME N OTHERS THAT I WAS JUST FAKING 2 GET ATTENTION. SHE FEELS VERY GUILTY NOW THAT SHE HAS FOUND OUT FROM THE DOCTOR THAT THOSE SEIZURES WERE THE START OF MY MS.