Thanks for that Gina, I'm quite happy to be barely skimming the norm 😂

I was diagnosed with SPMS when I was 52. I believe I had RRMS long before that, but didn't realize what it was. When I think back over my younger adult life, I had symptoms off and on back in my 20's and 30's, but like Sile said, they were so nominal I didn't, nor did my doctor, make the connection. It wasn't until I was in my 50's that I was sent to a Neurologist because of balance issues and tripping, and the testing began.

I was diagnosed officially at 52. However my neuro thinks I had the disease for at least 15 years before official diagnosis. I was going to docs that were treating my symptoms and no one put it all together. However back in 94 when I was 34 I had my first. Out of optic neuritis but no one mentioned ms to me. Finally after many years and many docs I found a good one who ran a spinal tap and low and behold I have ms, plus 4 lesions. I'm. Ow 55 and having a hard time cognitively. Still working. It. It sure for how much longer

More common I believe I read to be diagnosed progressive than relapse remitting, but still possible

I was diagnosed at 50. I think it is less common to be diagnosed after 50, but there can be a long cycle before diagnosis. You don't just get lesions overnight. In my case, I suspect that I had MS for longer than that, but the symptoms were so nominal I didn't notice it until I had a big event.