Sorry, I'm 30 years older than you, but I've had RA since I was close to your age. Some good ways to cope are staying active! And a well balanced diet. And don't go off your meds. (I've done that several times, it's painful!!😖

Does anyone have trouble with losing feeling in fingers and staying cold all time.I have lost the feeling in my right index finger,and it stays cold all time.

I was diagnosed at 23. It's constant joint pain and fatigue!

I had this bad in all fingers 2 months before the RA kicked in and I was diagnosed. It sounds like what I had, Raynaud Syndrome. Now that I'm on the right medications it doesn't do it as often. Cold and stress will trigger my fingers. I have to run them under warm tap water (sometimes a couple of minutes) before the circulation will come back. Raynaud is pretty common in the cold midwest. Gloves help too.

I've not been diagnosed with Reynaud's but I think I have it. In the winter, my hands and feet get very cold and sometime, my fingers turn blue. I am not on medication, but I run warm water over my hands frequently.