What age were you when you developed schizophrenia?

I developed delusions when I was 23. But only got diagnosed 4 months ago when I started developing other symptoms. I’m 26.

I was in my early thirties.

I think I was 27 or 28.

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I was 31, pretty old for a male.

I’ve most likely always had it, but I wasn’t diagnosed until I was around 21 or 22 years old.

I was diagnosed at age 21 except I learned later it started when I was 13.

My earliest memories were of hallucinating vividly. I was 3. I first remember bad paranoia when I was around 5 and that’s also when I had my first delusion that lasted like 8 years.

Things got really intense when I was around 16 though so I consider that my first major episode. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 19 for a number of reasons.

I think that I have had paranoid tendencies all my life, but first voices in America at 30 …

it started when I was 20, diagnosed at 21

i’ve always had voices but the psychosis started when i was 24.

I first started having hallucinations and delusions at 14, but I didn’t get properly diagnosed until 24. Those were a rough ten years.

Early thirties. Never had gone to a Dr. before, let alone a pdoc. The Dx was a surprise to me, didn’t know I had a ‘label.’

I believe I was a toddler when I started developing psychotic symptoms.

I knew I was getting crazy at 16/17.

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I was diagnosed with psychotic depression at 18 and then schizophrenia at 24. Though it was probably sz the whole time.

About 19 or 20. One day I just started imagining things. Most of my symptoms are now under control luckily.

I was around 3-5 when I first started showing symptoms.

22, back in '96. after I was often shut in and isolated in the “Shining-like” blizzard that year, in the mideast U. S. just started hearing them, for three months, in the spring, until I went to the hospital, for another three months, in the summer. alcohol and Xanax could’ve contributed to it, though my father and paternal grandmother had it. my paternal grandfather thought that it was an American indian curse, being that I am 1/16th blackfoot indian, and it ran in the family. it’s possible. anyhoo, I was 22.

24 years of age

I was always kind of different. I can remember strange occurrences in my first memories I have.