DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!! This Dx is a very, very HARD TOUGH AND EXTREMELY "THING" to deal with!!! I was Dx'ed in 1984...First, I told my T it was just my AODA porblems. Then, I quit drinking and people were still telling me things that I did, that I did NOT remember!!! I felt stupid, embarrassed (depending on what happened) like the "brunt" of a joke, as you mentioned... AND it took years of the hospital, ECT's OD's, sessions that lasted until midnight AND NO!!! it didn't "feel" the LEAST BIT FAIR!!! And, I CAN RELATE to the "Tired!!!" I tried so hard...but sweetie, trust me It DOES get better! HARD WORK, but PLEASE don't hang it up so easily (easy? Right...
Over the last 18 years it has been GOOD some days...BAD some days......it's a GREAT CHALLENGE! It AIN't Roses & Rainbows always. But, I've hung in there and over the years I slowly got to meet every body else "in here"...we didn't always agree and/or get along But, in the long run...TIRED AS WE STILL ARE! We decided that we all were pretty o.k. in our own, indivdual ways....It's a crazy process

BUT DON'T GIVE UP NOW!! & I think you will find there's a lot of us out here that are right where you are now! "Get your 2nd Wind" - Billy Joel (((("Veteran MPD" Dayzee9)))))