Before my treatment, I dragged myself through the days.

My job performance was terrible. I couldn't concentrate, and I didn't know why. I drifted from job to job, rare moments of brilliance saving me from complete unemployment.

But to this day, more than 20 years later, there are former co-workers who won't talk to me, having written me off as a lazy loser. (If they only knew how hard I worked just to get through the day!)

I never fell asleep while driving, but I was close, many, many times. I had no energy at home, either. I just wanted to sleep, but I woke up exhausted every damned time.

Yet almost immediately after I got treatment, I created one of my most successful projects, for a very large defense contractor. USAF later called it an "Industry Best Practice". (Not bad for a "lazy loser", eh?)