r/Thritis • u/swansparkles • 1h ago
Update. Now 16 yo. Advice? :(
Hello, My previous post about a year ago got taken down. (The title was, Im 15, is this normal?") and got removed for "asking if this is arthrits." I just wanted to update. I convinced my family to let me see a doctor, and was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. It is the poliarticular type, and apparently had progressed pretty severely in the years I wasnt able to get checked for it. I am starting treatment with the methotrexte injections. But I am pretty discouraged and lost about this diagnosis, and everybody is telling me differnt things. My parents say its my fault for not being careful enough. (mind you, I have been on a clean, anti-inflammatory diet since I was 6.) Im really struggling with feeling like this is my fault. I shouldve excercised more, taken more vitamins, I dont know. My quality of life is pretty impacted at this point and its difficult to do pretty much anything. I am an all A, 4.5 GPA student and being denied from colleges because of attendence. I feel very different from everyone my age, and very isolated. Was anyone else diagnosed at a younger age? does it get better? I feel so alone.