I also have mitral valve prolapse and I am 31 years old. I was born with that, but I found out accidentally about my condition at the age of 19. I am quite asymptomatic, apart from the fact that I can't-and shouldn't-lift excessive weight. I suffered from panic crises and anxiety for many-many years and was told that they were somehow related to my heart condition. But if you ask me, I believe it's more of a state of mind than a heart-related problem.
Timing sucks at the moment, because things in my life seemed to be going better than the past years. And now that I was ready to sit back and relax, I am facing OHS. The timing is never right, you'll say-and I'll probably agree, but it's one thing to be young and another to be older and have had children and experiences...
I could go on and on but I don't want to sound ungrateful-in this website you'll find people much younger than you and me, who experience the same problems and even more. I just want you to know that I can understand you and that this website offered me some kind of consolation, because I don't feel alone anymore.
In the end I would like to state this: Maybe we were born with-or acquired- certain problems during our lives, but it is a challenge to face them, as well as our fears and win the battle, as well as the war for surviving. It is also encouraging to see that people with this kind of problems have accomplished quite important things, so human strength has no limits-at least this is what I try to tell myself, when tears of desperation run down my cheeks.I wish you all the best.
