The symptoms certainly don't help! I have my bad days where I stop trying, and my bad weeks where I may alienate people, but for the most part... I know that there's a better life out there for me, and that's what I want more than anything else.

Though ask me after a flashback, and you might get a different response! But that's always the way. I think I'm lucky, in that sense, to have had my diagnosis for a while. Once you know what you're up against, it's easier to have a plan to manage it, and find a better sense of life satisfaction.

But I remember how scared I was pre, and just after diagnosis... I think I was in denial about that alone for about 6 months.