I used to be able to fake it really well, in fact I held down very responsible management jobs for much of my nursing career. But things started spinning out of control in late 2011and never went back to normal (whatever THAT is), and that cost me two jobs and most of my dignity. Now I'm settling down again now that I'm on SSDI and don't have to fake it anymore. Not surprisingly, my symptoms have mostly gone away and I'm quite stable.