As Zee shared during a “Narcolepsy 360” podcast, she was diagnosed with narcolepsy at age 21.

But as she also said getting to an answer about her troubling symptoms took years.

“I remember in high school falling asleep in class which was not my MO.

Ginger Zee wears hat and plaid coat

I was an overachieving perfectionist” (viaHello!).

Zee added, “I fell asleep in every movie I went to.

Any time it was dark I would fall asleep.

Ginger Zee smiles wearing hot pink

Her concerning symptoms included sleep paralysis (viaTVOverMind).

But that wasn’t even the worst of it.

As Zee toldPeoplein 2017, “It amplified everything.

Ups were amplified and downs were amplified.

I’ve had to learn to live on that medication responsibly, because I can’t not have it.

You have to be really, really careful with it.”

#rash #stroke #death I know these are risks they have to list but goodness.

Hope to see y’all on GMA.”