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1986 MCRD San Diego. On his 2nd day in the Marines, a recruit from a small town in Texas informed a black DI that “I ain’t takin’ no orders from no (insert pejorative term for a black person)”. He recognized the lead Petty Officer who was handling recruit medical intake, and addressed by her first name. He was promptly pulled out of training that day, and was gone by the end of the week.

They want to " brainwash " those with chronic pain into believing that it acceptable to live in pain. To distract yourself, to be mindful and to breathe when you have flare ups. That you have a better quality of life embracing your pain rather than applying a bandage like a narcotic pain reliever on it. They want you to know that narcotics only mask the pain and won't fix the cause…..but to believe that being mindful and breathing will. They certainly are bastards, aren't they?

My wife received a text from our child “how do I get them to shut up?”She asked “who?”“The voices in my head.”By this point, we already suspected Kleine Levin Syndrome[1][1][1][1]but we hadn’t witnessed any vivid hallucinations. Immediately, I got in my car and drove to my child’s school. It was an overcast day and there were two sheriff’s cars parked in front of the office and officers having a conversation in front of the school.I rushed into the building and I was met by a school counselor and the ESE instructor. The hallucinations started, as far as we can tell, in her class. I asked about the law enforcement and I was assured by the school staff that the school resource officers were there by coincidence but the school could call them inside if I wanted them to. I declined.The attendance office was just outside the school infirmary/nurse’s office. My child was seated in a chair waiting to be picked up and having a conversation with the school social worker. He was very agitated and alert, which was in contrast with hypersomnia we had been experiencing at home.“They won’t shut up. How do I get them to shut up?”“I’m sorry, but I don’t know” I said.“They’re really annoying. I want them to go away.”“I know. Have you been hearing them a long time?” I asked.“You know I have.” He glared at me. We had never discussed hearing voices, but he had once confided in me that he felt as if there were shadows of people just outside the periphery of his vision.“No,” I said. “You’ve never told me about hearing voices before.”“Yes I did. I told you 632 days ago.” I’m not really certain of the number, only that he had one and it very specific.“Are the voices telling you to do anything?” I finally asked.“No but they’re really annoying me. Just saying random stuff.”From there, I negotiated our exit and drove to the local psychiatric hospital, where we waited for intake. While we were waiting, my child passed out on the double seat (I won’t dignify it as a sofa). He was sound asleep and couldn’t be awakened by the nurse who came to get his vitals.As I recall, we waited a couple hours, and he woke again and we were called for intake. It was our second visit with the same intake doctor.[2][2][2][2]“I see that you’ve been pursuing a sleep disorder” he said, looking at our online chart. We had been in the main hospital about a month or two before through a medical intake for four days. “I think you should take him home and continue pursuing that angle.”Our child never had a similar incident but did continue to have episodes of derealization. About a month later, he received his KLS diagnosis.There were other frustrating and infuriating conversations that I’ve had as part of this illness and only realized that my child was in an impaired state afterwards. That conversation, and knowing how close we were to putting our child into a mental hospital for a sleep problem, still puts me on edge.Medications have been on-boarded and changed in the years since that happened. Last month, my child finished high school with a GED, sleep and high school being incompatible. Yesterday, about a month and a half before his 17th birthday, he started his first day of community college. I couldn’t be prouder.KLS is frequently misdiagnosed as a host of behavioral disorders. There are very few medical professionals who are willing to entertain the idea of the diagnosis or qualified to run the testing. We had to leave our city, just for a pediatric sleep study.It’s been a trying experience which challenged all of our assumptions about our lives and our future. It keeps getting better, but we are always afraid of the days when our child won’t wake up and we get back on the roller coaster.If you find this answer interesting or helpful, you can read more about our family’s experience with Kleine Levin Syndrome at The KLS Project.Footnotes[1] Homepage - KLS Foundation[1] Homepage - KLS Foundation[1] Homepage - KLS Foundation[1] Homepage - KLS Foundation[2] Jonathan Lyons's answer to Were you diagnosed with a mental illness that turned out to be a medical issue?[2] Jonathan Lyons's answer to Were you diagnosed with a mental illness that turned out to be a medical issue?[2] Jonathan Lyons's answer to Were you diagnosed with a mental illness that turned out to be a medical issue?[2] Jonathan Lyons's answer to Were you diagnosed with a mental illness that turned out to be a medical issue?