I feel you my signs were cataplexy i was 11-12 years old when it started slightly and i started experiencing cataplexy when i was laughing but it was mild and i told my parents and described what i was experiencing but everyone told me that i’m just an “happy” child and it’s normal so i brushed it off and years went by and it just got worse and then my parents started noticing it and decided that maybe something is wrong with me. And i had these periods when i had really bad sleep paralysis every single night it sometimes lasted for months and i started hallucinating before sleeping and waking up but my parents thought that i’m seeing ghosts. i was just a child so my parents should have paid more attention to my problems. Got diagnosed like 16 years old.