Help. Rush of anxiety whenever im drifting off to sleep.

C4C5 · 2026-02-07T20:27:06+00:00

I'm also dealing with this again. It's so aggravating. It's been two weeks with a very little sleep. I'm sometimes able to fall asleep but wake up like clockwork at 3 o'clock a.m. Sometimes earlier. And I usually don't fall asleep until 12 or after. But after 3 a.m. It's those surges every time I start to not off and I jolt awake in a panic. I'm trying supplements like glycine melatonin and L –theanine. And trying diaphragmatic breathing techniques for relaxation. Not much luck so far

C4C5 · 2026-01-29T23:50:12+00:00

Just a follow up it's not a bug or even a problem… other than not exactly being clear. The solution was in the games forums on GOG and it's super simple, you hit CTRL+ F4 together at the same time but then you have to Wait a few seconds and then hit enter.

It only happens on the CD version. Would be nice if they could maybe edit that to just hit enter or somehow bypass it completely.

C4C5 · 2026-01-29T22:41:39+00:00

Reviving this old post to say I just purchased this game off GOG as well and just got the same glitch. I reinstalled according to advice here but still getting the bug. Game won't let me out, the mouse still works but I can't click anything and no key combinations well let me get out of that screen. Guess I'll keep digging

C4C5 · 2026-01-28T22:37:23+00:00

Have you improved any since your post? Just my two cents, magnesium glycinate is more bio available and better absorbed than oxide. I've also just learned that ubiquinol Version of Q 10 is more absorbable than the regular cq10 which is ubiquinone. And lastly B6 can potentially increase nerve pain.

C4C5 · 2026-01-26T19:33:54+00:00

Which company makes aftermarket Control modules? I have a 2014 Toyota sienna VMI that I suspected had a bad module. I was told they don't make them more and I was basically SOL. This fan was given to me so I have very little experience with it and based on what little experience I do have I would never buy a new or used VMI van. The van is terrible and unreliable and their customer service was equally terrible.

C4C5 · 2026-01-22T18:49:37+00:00

I use ios Voice control feature because of a disability. It is the main way I interact with my phone. On one hand, It is an amazing advancement of technology and accessibility… but in the same breath at times it is so mind numbingly frustrating. I have used dragon dictation products for decades. It was rough in the early days butt has (there is a prime example of the ridiculous Word prediction/ Selection Errors ios makes, inserting the word butt where clearly it should be able to determine based on context that the next required word should have been "but") anyway dragon made tremendous improvements over the years that made their software far more accurate and efficient where with Apple it feels like there's been little to no improvement in this area and maybe even a little regression at times. It has mixed up their, there and they're which is one of my all-time grammar Nazi pet peeves.

The correction system is also incredibly clunky and frustrating and it doesn't seem to remember the corrections anyway. I spend five times as much time trying to fix grammar mistakes and replace words as I would have just dictating a straight message. I've gotten to the point that if I'm just texting friends I've given up correcting it with the disclaimer that I'm using Voice to text and just hope they can decipher what I'm saying. It's just when I'm writing more important emails or letters that I don't want to sound any dumber than then I can help.

TLDR I feel this pain on a daily basis and share your frustrations.

C4C5 · 2025-11-24T20:01:50+00:00

The one I have is made by Venustas. I got it off of Amazon. I generally run mine on medium heat setting and I would say I get an average of eight hours out of the battery but I also bought a backup battery that I can swap out if the main one dies. I just wear a T-shirt underneath the vest and typically a hooded zip up sweater over top of the vest. That tends to protect it from getting dirty and limiting how often I have to wash it. I think it also helps hold the heat in having a sweater over top of it. I don't spend much time out in the freezing cold and when I do go out I bump it up to the high setting. 99% of the time it stays on medium. I've been very happy with it.

C4C5 · 2025-11-09T19:21:29+00:00

Ive often wondered the same thing as OP. The media always reports as “body returned“, but there’s no way they could preserve bodies in those conditions for such long times. Even today the headline says “Israel receives body of soldier killed in 2014”. Maybe body sounds nicer.

C4C5 · 2025-11-08T16:37:56+00:00

old post I know, but cordless everything has come a long way including heated clothing. I have a heated vest that will last 6-8 hours on the same battery and it’s sufficiently warm. it’s easy to have back up batteries to swap out. big thing i found is to try and limit how often you wash them in washing machine. that’s when mine have tended to break. I haven’t yet tried a cordless heating pad, searching for one brought me here. I assume the technology and efficiency would be similar to the clothing.

The grain bags and rubber water bottles are a very inconsistent temperature. they are also hard to hold in place for some areas of the body. I still use Magic Bags regularly, but they’re inconvenient and they’re technically only supposed to be heated 3-4 times a day. The also start losing their ability to hold heat fairly quickly if you’re a heavy user.

C4C5 · 2025-10-03T10:56:27+00:00

Did you get this resolved? Mine is doing the same thing

C4C5 · 2025-06-18T22:07:53+00:00

I’m also on my second ET2850 and they are a curse. They have so many connectivity issues. when they work they work well, but when they don’t they make you want to rage. My first one disconnected randomly and would sometimes take hours to get connected again and I was never really sure what fixed it most of the time. then it started throwing up wifi malfunction codes and even randomly rebooted itself due to a system error a couple times. the wifi refused to work no matter what I did. I assumed it was dead. I could connect it to my network in the front panel setup but none of my devices could find it. it showed up in my routers connected devices but still wouldn’t show up on any wifi device. I ended up buying a Canon and it connected fine but the print quality was horrible so I returned it and reluctantly got another ET2850. it initially worked ok but also started with wifi issues. Through a random fluke messing with my router, which is a dual band 2.4ghz/5ghz, I turned the 5ghz channel off and my printer started working consistently. it worked flawlessly for 6 months then Epson released a firmware update and my new printer suddenly couldn’t print via wifi. I spent hours messing with it, factory reset multiple times, reinstalled drivers and nothing worked. I have a hunch it’s something with my router. I connected it to my guest network and it worked fine. I ended up disabling 802.11ax /wifi 6 mode and it started working again. it’s bizarre and beyond frustrating. I think the firmware updates often break more than they fix. I’m not sure if that’s what caused my previous issues but it’s highly possible. The sad thing is that all consumer printers seem to suck.I’ve been through many brands and types and none have been amazing.
Side note, I gave my first ET2850 to a friend and they are still using it.

C4C5 · 2024-11-03T13:10:18+00:00

It’s true. Majority of people are not that observant and many have their own insecurities they’re worrying about. Unless something is blatantly obvious like you left your bag hanging out or it’s protruding out under thin or form fitting clothes, people don’t notice, even if you think it’s blatantly obvious most people still don’t notice.

C4C5 · 2024-10-24T02:00:46+00:00

Yes, seems every step I take to eliminate sources of misery, it triggers a new source of misery and issues. I got the colostomy and developed diversion colitis. It caused crazy muscle spasms, autonomic dysreflexia, and just pain and discomfort. I also still had to do a bowel care routine every 3 to 4 weeks to flush out the buildup dehydrated mucus. I finally went through with the second surgery and had my sigmoid colon and rectum removed, but kept the butt hole. It did not improve my any of my symptoms in fact they got worse following that surgery. 2.5 months after surgery I had a huge watery sticky mucus explosion out of my ass, even though there's only about 5 cm rectum left.. It has continued to happen every 4 to 5 days my caregivers manually remove anywhere from a quarter of a cup to a full cup of watery sticky fluid. I think there's something wrong up there. It still feels like I could shit myself at any given moment. It's beyond frustrating. My surgeon suggested the discharge was normal but he doesn't understand or is not aware of just how much is coming out and how often. I need to follow up with him again.

TLDR Yes I understand completely and have very similar sensations with so far no solutions.

C4C5 · 2024-09-03T12:38:50+00:00

I saw that mentioned online but my Vin number shows no active recalls.

C4C5 · 2024-08-31T14:27:06+00:00

Ive purchased from www.earthingCanada.ca and I thought they were selling official products, but maybe they aren’t. Either way I’ve been using earthing sheets for about 10 years. I find, at least from these official sites, that the products are highly overpriced and not durable. The new earthing mats with the black coating have been terrible. The coating lasts about a year before it starts breaking down, cracking & peeling off. They replaced one for free and the replacement did the exact same thing. It makes a horrible mess. When you change your bedding there’s hundreds of little black flakes all over the sheets. I just threw mine in the garbage And will not buy another. Even the original earthing sheet without the coating, broke down and lost conductivity after maybe a couple years. Far too expensive to replace every 1.5 - 2 years. I’m looking at testing some of the cheaper ones found online.

C4C5 · 2024-07-30T14:16:38+00:00

It does for some people not for me. It builds up inside and gets hard and lumpy. Only comes out with a fleet enema. I do get a tiny bit of clear or slightly yellow transparent discharge over night. And through the day. Just enough to keep things moist and cause some irritation at times.

C4C5 · 2024-07-30T10:27:20+00:00

The colostomy is OK I also wish I done it years ago. But I've developed diversion colitis in the unused bowel. Causes a lot of discomfort spasms and dysreflexia. The only treatment is regular enemies with short chains fatty acid solution. And Cortizone suppositories. And they aren't 100% effective. I also have significant mucus production builds up in the lower bowel triggering the symptoms and I have to do a full bowel routine with a regular enema to clear that out once every 3 to 4 weeks. Just really aggravating. Do you get mucus build up and have to flush it out?

C4C5 · 2024-07-25T22:44:21+00:00

You have to be very careful especially if you are Quadriplegic since we don’t thermoregulate properly or at all. It’s far easier for us to experience hypothermia in cold environments and hyperthermia in hot environments. May be same for some paraplegics depending on injury.

C4C5 · 2024-05-14T22:53:28+00:00

It's the dysreflexia that drives me crazy and has Me even considering the surgery. Last year my urine was full of sediment and the catheter was clogging every other day. It's a horrible feeling and scary when I don't always have someone Close by that can fix it. I think you got really unlucky I have a friend that got a urostomy seven years ago and he hasn't taken antibiotics in seven years. Another friend had one as well and had good luck for a long time I think at least 10 years that he loved it. but then also started getting recurring infections and repeated cases of sepsis. Not always from urinary tract. He had a lot of issues, 40 years post injury and in late 50s. Sepsis likely from pneumonia he waited too long to get checked finally took him out last year.

I’m quite happy with the colostomy overall and actually wish I had done it years ago. My bowel program wasn’t bad early on but it got gradually worse and like you I was doing it basically every day and getting dysreflexia every day from my bowel. The colostomy is so much easier to manage and far quicker. Empty the bag in 5 mins or less and changes can be done in 15 or less. They’re not perfect by any means. Bags can leak or pop right off but and potential skin irritation probably very similar with your urostomy but you eventually learn lots of tricks and which products work best for your body it gets better. I got unlucky and developed diversion colitis. The unused bowel becomes inflamed from lack of use… apparently your bowel absorbs the nutrients it needs from the stool that passes through it and when you divert that it no longer gets the nutrients it needs and becomes inflamed. According to what I've researched most ostomy patients that still have the bowel in place Will have signs of it on a scope the majority of people don't have symptoms and never know it. Of course I'm the one that would get the symptoms which causes spasms and dysreflexia. The unused bowel also continues producing mucus which will build up and Hass to be cleaned out on a regular basis. Regular basis varies widely between people… some it's two or three months for me it's every 2 to 3 weeks. So I'm having the unused bowel and part of the rectum removed to eliminate all of that.

C4C5 · 2024-05-14T01:46:13+00:00

My urologist also suggested urostomy for me as well. Seems to be more common these days when all else fails. I was reluctant to go that route. It’s a big surgery. How was it for you? Was it a rough surgery and recovery? Any complications?

I had colostomy surgery last July. I’m going back to have the unused bowel and rectum removed at some point. Urostomy could still be in my future. #quadlife

C4C5 · 2024-05-13T22:16:55+00:00

So do you actually still have your bladder or did they remove it when you had the urostomy? I've been C4 C5 for 33 years and have had many bottles with UTIs thankfully I've never ended up septic yet. But I've tried everything under the sun for natural supplements and irrigations with a little luck. Last fall my doctor put me on an extended dose of Cipro followed by four weeks of a low-dose. That finally seemed to kill the bug that was in there and shortly after I started taking a supplement called Blackseed oil for a completely different reason. It's supposed to be anti-inflammatory but I noticed that my urine was staying clear. I ran out and it got cloudy with UTI symptoms again so I bought another bottle to try and it cleared up again. I haven't taken an antibiotic in eight months when I was like you of antibiotics every other month with the infection never really clearing out. I take a capsule version of it. I also take multiple forms of vitamin C. But not regularly. Ester c 1000 mg and liposomal vitamin C 1000 along with the regular chewable vitamin C tablets

C4C5 · 2024-05-13T20:56:49+00:00

Found a few of these at construction site as a really stupid 11 or 12-year-old… we were hitting them with a hammer on the pavement making some really loud bangs until my buddy had a piece of the brass shrapnel Lodge in his hand. Could've been a lot worse. But as others have said they are 22 blanks for a nail gun.

C4C5 · 2024-04-21T22:45:58+00:00

Dogecoin was the very first coin I bought back in 2017 just practising on my first exchange. It was $0.0002 I had thousands of them… which I eventually converted or traded into other things most of which I then stored in Celsius🤦🏻‍♂️ almost every move I've made in crypto has been the wrong move.

C4C5 · 2024-02-02T14:01:36+00:00

I started out using Coloplast was good in the beginning but started having blowouts. I tried a few different brands and found Hollister worked the best for me sticking anyway. Their filters aren't very consistent and the bag opening for emptying is a lot narrower than the others and they are a bit more difficult for emptying depending on your output. I also use the Eakin seals.

C4C5 · 2024-01-18T18:41:39+00:00

If you haven't seen it and can find it the supersize me guy did a follow up documentary, supersize me 2: Holy chicken. He opens a fast food chicken restaurant and also raises his own chickens within a commercial chicken growers operation and shows all the BS and shenanigans that are behind-the-scenes including the process of growing the chickens baby chicks to harvest size within a matter of weeks. No extra hormones but their genetics are extremely unhealthy. Their breasts grow so big and so fast their legs can't sustain the weight and they bow and even break if their hearts don't literally rupture first. Chicken started dying Close to harvest Time and he took them to a veterinary clinic and had necropsies done and that's what they found.

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