I’m 45.
I’ll agree that losing weight is tougher. Actually, maybe it is that I gain it much easier. This started in my mid 30’s and is worse in my 40’s.
To keep the hair in my head. Thyroid function has gone haywire and my hair falls out like crazy because of it. My hair is about 30% thinner than it was when I was younger I would say. Also related is being able to sleep well through the night. Right now I am back to sleeping well after months of not. Finally have my meds back down low enough. Flipping thyroid affects everything. My thyroid went whackadoo in my mid 30’s.
To do physcial activities for long periods of time. I used to work all day standing on my feet, part of the time lifting, and now after a few hours of walking or standing I have to stop from weakness. If I am dancing or actually exercising, after an hour I am weak, sometimes in pain or shaky in the muscles I used for the activity. The severeness of this muscle trouble varies depending on several factors. It’s frustrating and makes me feel old. The saving grace is it takes some time, some actual physical exertion for it to happen, so if I just need to do something for a short time my strength is still good, not as good as it was, and the problem is barely apparent with short duration activities. This also started in my mid 30’s….hmmm, I am seeing a pattern. This is a great question for me, to see the relationship between some of the things going on in my body.
Just starting to have my sight change a little. Very small print is harder to read, especially in low light. Most print I can still read with no trouble. I would guess within a couple years it will get much worse, we’ll see. Everyone says it happens pretty suddenly once it starts. I actually in my early 30’s had my far sight change slightly, went from better than 20/20 to 20/35. So, it’s still very good, but since I had amazing sight I notice the difference. It has stayed the same perscription for over ten years. I only wear glasses for the theatre and to read subtitles sometimes, so I guess I kind of use them like opera glasses