# How old were you when you got this illness **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [June 16, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298 "2026-06-16T22:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lonelyeveryday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lonelyeveryday](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lonelyeveryday)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/21 "2026-06-17T07:37:13Z")
27 now I’m 37 ---
**Author:** ![Ish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Ish](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Ish)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/22 "2026-06-17T07:42:24Z")
Almost 25. ---
**Author:** ![anon80779285](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@anon80779285](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon80779285)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/23 "2026-06-17T08:43:21Z")
About 21, well closer to 20 but I class it as 21 because that’s when I first got meds ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/24 "2026-06-17T08:43:55Z")
Had OCD as a kid but SZ at 22. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/25 "2026-06-17T09:12:44Z")
1. 36 now ---
**Author:** ![ArcSaber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@ArcSaber](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/ArcSaber)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/26 "2026-06-17T10:59:38Z")
Prodromal at around 14 and got diagnosed around 15. Had it for about 17 years. ---
**Author:** ![SauceyMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sauceymike/32/3907_2.png) [@SauceyMike](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SauceyMike)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/27 "2026-06-17T17:15:55Z")
2015, 23 years old. The best & worst thing to ever happen to me lols. I love it & hate it. 10 years of this. ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/qwerty/32/10_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/28 "2026-06-17T17:59:05Z")
I was also 17. I’m 43 now. ---
**Author:** ![WONDERER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wonderer/32/69_2.png) [@WONDERER](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/WONDERER)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/29 "2026-06-17T18:19:47Z")
Like 2 days after my 22nd birthday. I’m 32 now. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![KingD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/kingd/32/9943_2.png) [@KingD](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/KingD)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/30 "2026-06-17T18:21:02Z")
Just out of curiosity, did you meet your husband before or after the illness? ---
**Author:** ![WONDERER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wonderer/32/69_2.png) [@WONDERER](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/WONDERER)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/31 "2026-06-17T18:21:59Z")
> [@KingD](#): > > did you meet your husband before or after the illness? After. I was 23 when I met him. ---
**Author:** ![roxanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/roxanna/32/16558_2.png) [@roxanna](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/roxanna)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/32 "2026-06-17T21:39:42Z")
19 when it started. 45 now.so like 25 or so years. ---
**Author:** ![Dika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/dika/32/9061_2.png) [@Dika](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dika)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/33 "2026-06-17T21:43:16Z")
@roxanna Very similar to my case ---
**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/34 "2026-06-17T21:48:31Z")
I was in my early 40’s when diagnosed. ---
**Author:** ![Klaysters](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/klaysters/32/7532_2.png) [@Klaysters](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Klaysters)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/35 "2026-06-18T10:15:20Z")
23 years and 3 months. Now I’m 30. ---
**Author:** ![Joker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/joker/32/13470_2.png) [@Joker](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Joker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/36 "2026-06-18T10:45:36Z")
Things got bad around 16 ---
**Author:** ![kali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/kali/32/12634_2.png) [@kali](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/kali)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/37 "2026-06-18T18:34:36Z")
I was probably prodromal at a very early age, but the actual disease broke through around 17 years of age. So long, long time ago in a previous life. It turns out most of my life has thus been under the spell of this illness, not too happy about it, really. 😩 🗯 ---
**Author:** ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-this-illness/6298/38 "2026-07-15T15:27:39Z")
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