I replied to your question, but I'm sorry, the reply did not really provide much hope.

I want to add that I found ways to function exceptionally well, my symptoms were overall less severe, and most people around me had no clue of what I was experiencing. The sacrifice was in relinquishing many things I enjoyedsin order to function at work and in social.contexts. So in a sense, I did recover, just not completely. There absolutely is hope.