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I can say I relate to a lot of this. Except I've only been diagnosed with PNES (Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures). If I do about 20 minutes of physical labor, don't look for me for a couple of days. Even if I break it down into segments, I still don't do so well. A trip to the mailbox (about 200 yards each way) leaves me in a state of non-functionality.

A lot of people don't understand how watching television can be exhausting. I'm not sure I can explain it either but I know it can be. Unfortunately, I'm the type of person who can't rely on anything I've seen before. As soon as I get a snippet, description, or even see the title, the entire movie or show comes flooding back. I constantly have to find something different to watch.

"The good and bad days fluctuate."

And that's one of the things that makes it difficult to explain to doctors, when they'll listen and if I can see one. With an obvious issue that they can see with their own eyes or x-rays, there's no problem. The invisible hindrances are, in their minds, made up. Which only exacerbates the problem.

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