Dr. Gary Steinberg

It was a stroke meeting with a bunch of scientists, neurologists and scientists.

There were about 120 people.

There were two neurosurgeons there.

Plus me and drank some coffee at noon.

I went for a run because I like running.

And at that day in Houston, it was 90 degrees and 85 percent humidity there.

and got back had a glass of tea went back to the meeting had some more coffee and then as the afternoon session opened up i started to feel lightheaded and um next thing i know i'm looking up at the chandelier and they're they're they're shouting um stroke cardiac arrest seizure and they're starting to pump on my chest so they rushed me to the hospital

where I had a simultaneous workup for cardiac arrest and stroke.

And after, I'll make the story short, after a $100,000 workup, it was determined I had a faint.

because I was overdoing it.

So since then, now I try to get seven to eight hours sleep a night.

So I increased.

I used to get three to five hours sleep a night.

Now I get seven to nine if I can do it.

Cut back on coffee, on caffeine.

And I don't push myself to exercise like I used to if I'm feeling a little fatigued.

I'm on an antihypertensive agent, but I actually don't take it every day because for me, it's better to have a pressure 125 to 135.

And it's true for some of my patients.

If you've got some disease in your arteries, you may not want to have such a low blood pressure.

So I would individualize it.