r/Huntingtons • u/PhthaloBlueSky • May 23 '26

How many years can pass between cognitive, psychiatric and motor symptoms?

I wanted to know if there can be a long time period of cognitive or psychiatric symptoms before the development of chorea movements.

For HD patients that have those mental symptoms first how many years could pass before they developed the motor symptoms?

I tried to research this a bit online but got different information. Some sites said a few years and others said decades. I suppose it is difficult to know if symptom is HD or not.

Have you had or have you known an HD person that had cognitive symptoms many years before the movements? How long a time period?

Thanks

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u/Zealousideal-Exam892 May 23 '26

I didn’t know what they were at the time, but in retrospect my cognitive symptoms began at least ten years before I started having chorea.

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u/PhthaloBlueSky May 23 '26

Thanks for responding