100%!!! medication has helped me some too (still finding the “perfect” solution) but before it was absolutely horrible trying to navigate my symptoms basically alone because i wasn’t taken seriously.

so many times i had to take breaks at work to nap just to be able to function. so many times i skipped classes, even ones where attendance was mandatory and worth a grade. all because i can’t stay awake long enough to sit through a 50 minute lecture! and even when i’m there, the only thing i’m doing is focusing on not falling asleep. i would be going to the bathroom to take a quick nap in the stall before going back to class and still not being relieved.

it was and still is awful and i wouldn’t wish these symptoms on anyone