Reply To: How old were you when you were first diagnosed?

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I had just turned 70 a few weeks before my symptoms appeared. I spent three months with a primary care doctor who misdiagnosed me a couple times, but he had the wisdom to refer me to a neurologist; I just had to wait almost three months for my appointment. The neurologist diagnosed me in about 10 minutes , but did the confirmatory bloodwork. I don’t think my age had any negative effects on the speed of my diagnosis. Instead a lack of neurologists in my area contributed to a long wait for an appointment.