Dr. Izabella Wentz

And they're like, well, people tell me to exercise, but I feel worse when I exercise.

People tell me to fast, but if I fast, I feel awful.

I'll try to sleep for 12 hours and I'm still tired.

You know, they're really stuck in that state where their body, just every little stressor can be so overwhelming.

My issues with fatigue actually started with my first year in college.

And I went from this like really bubbly and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed person that started college to all of a sudden

sleeping through my exams, right?

So I slept through one of my final exams.

And as you can imagine, like being a type A person, I was like, oh my gosh, why did I sleep through my exam?

And I had laid down the day before at like 3 to 4 p.m.

to just take a nap.

And then following morning, my exam was supposed to start at 7 a.m.

And I ran into the exam room at 8 a.m.

because I had just woken up.

And I was on this journey of like, you're always so tired.

Why are you so lazy?

Right.

I had to eventually come up with accommodations to sleep.

to make up for my fatigue so I could study.

And I kind of figured out during my second year in undergrad and by pharmacy school, I just really had a system where I just really learned how to be very efficient in studying and getting things done and very productive in the time with the little energy that I did have.