Alex Tarnava

Okay.

I had central nervous system fatigue.

I couldn't jump an inch off the ground or do any explosive movement.

I had chronic fatigue.

I was sleeping 16 to 18 hours a day.

I had sudden onset narcolepsy.

If I sat down for like a minute or so without stimulation, I'd fall asleep.

The only time I actually felt okay was when I was exercising, but within an hour or so,

After exercising, even like lightly, I'd crash and just sleep for the rest of the day.

What more do you think was that?

It was, I caused a deep, deep depression.

But when it started to clear, when the fog started to clear, I couldn't think properly, you know, with everything going on.

I, you know, was seeing doctors and couldn't figure it out.

But then my C-reactive proteins dropped to like three, which is like what you might expect when you have the flu and a fever.

Right.

I was told to never exercise again because of the arthritis I'd developed, polyarthritis in 11 joints, you know, from this inflammatory attack.

They put me on a thousand milligrams of naproxen a day.

I'm sure.

So, you know, that's like super alleve prescription, you know, strength and quarterly cortisone injections told me to never exercise.

Like I said, I just knew at 29, that was not a forever solution.