I was diagnosed in 2004 though i believe i have had it since 1989 from one of my earliest memories. i was put on medication in 2004 and felt so great and relieved that i thought i had become alright and stopped the meds in 2005 and then it relapsed with vengeance. i couldn't accept it but after so much struggle and suffering went to the pdoc in 2007 and was on meds for the next 6 years which you can call the Golden Era of my life. then the meds stopped working and for the past 2 years am just pulling on, day by day.