Well now you know and knowing is half the battle! But in all seriousness, it's good you went in, so they can help. Would be terrible to randomly fall asleep at the wheel of a car.

Sounds like your internal clock keeps hitting the snooze button.

It's good you found out before something worse could happen.

Glad you got that wake-up call!

I'm surprised your friends or family didn't tell you that wasn't normal?

my coworkers used to think i was narcoleptic because i would pass out in the company trucks within minutes of heading to site

Hey, I have that too. I had the symptoms for 2yrs before being diagnosed as well because of similar reasons. I was a teen when it started too, so a lot of doctors would brush off my exhaustion as "oh, she's just a teenager, she's supposed to be more tired, it's normal." It isn't normal, a narcoleptic's exhaustion/sleep attacks are equivalent to a normal person going 2-3 days without sleep and are impossible to fight or prevent. It's a hard disorder to diagnose if you don't know a lot about it, and aren't looking for it. I can tell you that it gets a lot better after your diagnosis, finally having something that explains what you're going through is very relieving. Finding the right meds is helpful too, some people even go without meds as well. The real importance is sleep schedule, don't push yourself, sleep is more important for us than it is for anyone else. If you want anymore information, there's lots of support groups on the internet and Facebook that are really helpful.

Well, now you know that assumptions makes an ass out of you and me.

i envy you, its 5am and i still cant fall asleep -_-

Same here, took 5 years to get a diagnosis. My college gpa suffered.