Early Onset Illnesses: Share Your Story

I started with diagnosees at the age of 8. I actually had a paper published about me in the NIH institues of health as the youngest child with mitro valve prolapse sydenhams korea all starting from strep throat that got too bad and went into my blood stream. I also proceeded with lymes disease arthritus depression ocd and the list grew as i continue to age

i’ve always had anxiety. i’ve had it ever since i was a little kid. i just didn’t get formally diagnosed until i was 16ish. i’ve also always had stomach issues, but didn’t get diagnosed until my teen years.