I started having trouble so early that I can't remember not having it. I do know that it takes a while to get yourself adjustedt to the diagnosis and the changes that one learns one must make when living with this illness. It's not well understood, but is one of the most treatable of the organic brain syndroms, as I have heard it called. I went through periods of totally identifying with the disease, fighting it, denying it, and now I am just sort of atthe stage where it is a feature of my existance, but not the defining factor. Like the color of my hair, my red - burn - if -it -sees-a- child's-drawing- -of-the-sun skin and my grey eyes. I think that now I can see a continuum of the "real" me and where I am now. I'm the same person, but I change a little with life, as do all people. HUggs and hang in there. Welcome to PC!