One day when I am in a better place with my treatment and have the physical/emotional energy to do so I will share the full story of how it took me collapsing down a flight of stairs and getting a brain injury for doctors to finally take my fatigue seriously. For 19 years my symptoms were minimized and I was treated like a hypochondriac (or worse). In reality, I had been suffering from severe narcolepsy for my entire adult life.