Some of us spent years trying to look normal so that we could work. In some cases that was because we didn't have a dx and were conforming to doctors' expectations that we were just mental cases, so we soldiered on in spite of having to sometimes hide neurological manifestations. The world is full of silly people, isn't it? I guess I'm glad I had an interesting job in spite of the difficulties of pretending to be fine when I wasn't. In those days, when I worked, before dx, I didn't have a handicapped pass. When I got one I felt like I'd earned it. We apologize perhaps too much for not conforming in every case. No more!