yes, had symptoms starting at 16
I canāt sleep for about one month at 14-15. Then i can sleep again. Weird thing.
I really relate to you @Serene. I had major sleep issues from the time I was little, and I would cry for my mom even after she was already there with me. I would scream a lot too, day and night Iām told. I remember sometimes just feeling a terror that I couldnāt explain. I always wish someone had thought to get some help for me. My mom didnāt trust doctors though. Anyway, I donāt know how old you are, @Serene, but I would encourage you to be kind to yourself. Protect yourself. It is tough having a mind thatās different, that makes you suffer from the inside out, but I hope you appreciate how strong and amazing you are as a result. 
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I was 14 years old when my symptoms began.
My username comes from the ghost cats Iāve been seeing for years!
Stuff went sideways on me in my early twenties. Hard to say when the symptoms started because I was an alcoholic and addict. How much was the illness and how much was the substance abuse, I canāt tell you.
Welcome to the site! 
I was diagnosed with sz when I was 18, but I think I started hearing voices in high school around 14 years old.
Mine started when I was 15
I was psychotic at a young age, maybe around the time when I was a toddler, or when I was around six.
I got them as a teenager, and I still am a teenager 
. However, I had mild symptoms as a child.