I have been narcoleptic since high school. I was only diagnosed with it 8 years ago (I am ~40), so I actually lived with it for around ~15 years undiagnosed. In that time, I graduated high school, college, and went into a career.
So, with the preliminaries out of the way, and in a effort to contribute to the AMA comm:
Yeah, for real. I don’t know if you read what I wrote in another response, but one of the factors that affect me having a sleep attack is the amount of stimulation, and that would be enough endorphins to keep me awake. Now, if I’m not medicated, the cataplexy (weakness in the limbs that comes with my form of N) might get me because of extreme emotions.