Sandego.net – For much of her life, Amy Clifton struggled with exhaustion so severe that it shaped her childhood, relationships and sense of self. She also experienced frightening nighttime visions, sudden weakness triggered by emotion and an inability to stay awake during the day. It took almost 30 years for those symptoms to be recognized as type 1 narcolepsy.

Amy, now a mother of three with a supportive husband, had reached a point of profound despair before receiving effective care. At times, she believed the people closest to her might be better off without her.…