SleepingBeauty5

I'm currently training my own service dog. A German Shorthaired pointer, beautiful, sweet, smart 4 year old boy. I decided to first work with basic obedience then move to training him for my own personalized needs. At present, we're working on help when I fall and protection if I'm rendered helpless. Scary part of sleep disorders like ours is that when we fall into a sleep attack or cataplexy attack, we can't move. We can't defend ourselves. I'm not sure what part is worse: not being able to move and being aware of everything around you, or being so far under that you have no clue what just happened till you wake up and look around. It's particularly concerning since I'm on a university campus. I have to be extremely careful who I'm around and where I'm at. I could be walking, get a sleep attack, and fall and injure myself. Who would help?At least with a service dog around, people will either notice the passed out female with a dog attached and try to help to her or leave me alone because of the "strong, scary looking dog" next to me. It's a comfort. He also acts as an indicator of what stage of sleep I'm in. If I'm having a hallucination, I'll know because he'll still be around. It's currently a battle to get my campus to recognize my sleep disorder as a disability, and hence worthy of a service dog. Yet if it impedes normal functionality in daily life, isn't that necessary of accommodation? I've tried medication, they don't always work. My dog is my best friend, and the best part is that he's custom made for ME!