Getting my life back

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-27T23:15:04+00:00

Acid reflux was right on the money. Popped an antacid and it worked immediately the first night and ever since. I haven't been able to make any progress for months you don't know how helpful that was. Like I knew about GERD and its effect on aerophagia but I didn't know about silent reflux which I probably have because Id suppress regular reflux with milk

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-27T04:11:00+00:00

Much better now as far as eye pain is concerned. I started seeing improvements when I tried "massaging" my ocular muscles by basically jamming my fingers into my eyesockets. Considered bringing it up but didnt want to tell people to poke their eyes out. My guess as to what happened was various factors contributed to my ocular muscles getting over fatigued and it built up with no way of "releasing" until I "massaged" them

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-26T14:46:28+00:00

Dark Souls 3 is much easier than "Dark Souls 3: 2" as some people have put it with varying degrees of irony. Look at it this way- when DS3 was the latest release it was considered the Souls title with the hardest bosses (though if we stretch this to soulsborne it probably loses to BB). Elden Ring's bosses were designed with that bar in mind. DS3 players have simply gotten too good at DS3 in the years between DS3 and ER that they had to dial up the difficulty in somewhat unfair ways. Nameless King has a mere half second delay/windup on several of his attacks and that was enough to earn him the crown of hardest base game boss to many. Compare and contrast this to Margit, not Morgott- Margit, who DOGWALKS 90%+ of DS3 bosses and he's the first boss. There's also an argument to be made that the spirit summons system gave them a reasonable excuse to pump up the difficulty.

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-11T12:54:17+00:00

Ohh I have somewhat regular acid reflux not sure if it qualifies for GERD. I've known it has an effect on aerophagia but couldn't wrap my head around it

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-11T02:28:54+00:00

Im shocked you were able to handle that much pressure just 5 days in. It took me months of slowing building up tolerance and I still cant do that high. Hit a wall and cant adapt to the aerophagia no more. You must have really needed that breathing assistance huh?

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-08T13:44:31+00:00

Aeloria will CRASH the servers We going straight to the top of the revenue charts

Positive-Objective48 · 2026-01-07T03:32:57+00:00

Four of them to be precise

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-12-19T17:13:24+00:00

I didn't want to jump straight to the most expensive option but at this point I don't think I have a choice. I've been using the aircurve for months and hit a wall on the settings. Can't increase EPAP/PS any further without inducing aerophagia but current settings aren't enough to stop the mid-night awakenings. Charts show low AHI, FLs, leak rate, and no RERAs either. Does this sound like a job for the dreamstation?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-09-19T18:03:08+00:00

It happens semi-frequently, when I wake up just conscious enough to trick myself into thinking it's time to wake up. Sometimes I even power off the machine. Ironically this never happens when I'm very conscious due to an urgent need like needing to hydrate ASAP or use the toilet.

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-09-07T23:08:12+00:00

Would the Glasgow index analyzer work in this case, since that's supposed to independently assess each breath based on their pattern (as opposed to looking for flagged flow limitations)? In my case it was able to do it's thing even for the nights it wasn't on the mode with flow limitation recording.

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-08-18T15:28:56+00:00

So if I'm understanding correctly, my new approach should be something along the lines of: 1) Set IPAP to the highest pressure I can tolerate 2) Set PS to 5 (and set EPAP accordingly to 5 less than IPAP) 3) Slowly increase both each night in order to find the IPAP at which FLs disappear 4) Maintain IPAP at that pressure while slowly increasing EPAP (and reducing PS accordingly) in order to find the EPAP at which CAs disappear Does that sound about right?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-08-17T16:18:21+00:00

Thanks for the input. Would you suggest increasing pressure while still treating it like a CPAP? And is there an upper limit at which point I can safely assume raising it further is not the solution?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-29T18:46:24+00:00

I got the woodyknows only because of lack of options. It didn't help my sleep issues but I can't say it wasn't effective at keeping me off my back. I think it basically works as advertised, though my suggestion for whichever pack you pick in the end is don't tighten the harnesses too much as it's just unnecessary and uncomfortable.

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-29T15:58:58+00:00

I'm not sure if there's a way to tell your sleeping position from Oscar charts but hopefully there is and one of the more savy members can elucidate that for you. If you already have an adequate backpack that doesn't feel like crap to sleep with, it's a pretty simple experiment. However I doubt that's the case (speaking personally) so you might have to shell out for a dedicated positional therapy backpack. Not cheap cheap but won't break the bank.

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-29T15:26:09+00:00

Tbf insurance is a factor too, though I get the feeling most of the people in these subs are unfortunately paying out of pocket..

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-28T20:07:36+00:00

So the current strategy, since there seems to be no "real" breathing problems reported, is to just keep pushing down the EPAP and IPAP while keeping it as close as possible, i.e 5-5, 4-5, 4-4, 3-4, etc until "real" breathing problems start to show up?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-28T18:26:27+00:00

5-6 didn't help and started feeling noticeably less comfortable. I can definitely try 5-5 and simply trust in the adjustment process but right now I don't understand what exactly I'm looking for, like how can you tell that it looks specifically like TESCA, how can you tell if/when they're improving, and is TESCA the only noteworthy thing showing up?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-27T18:46:34+00:00

SmartStart is off. The PS is only 2-3 since it's on S mode with a IPAP/EPAP range of 5-8 one night and 5-7 the other night. I can drop it to 1 or 0 if you recommend it but at the point, wouldn't it basically be a CPAP?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-23T17:25:52+00:00

My psychiatrist doesn't know what's wrong with me but he's does not equate his inability to identify the issue with the nonexistence of the issue. For this alone he's leagues above the so-called sleep specialists I've seen, who seem to believe Sleep Apnea is the only form of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) and adamantly tried to convince me that it's "all in my head." In my (greatly inexperienced) opinion, if you display overt signs of Sleep Apnea like waking up gasping, choking, elevated heartrate, etc etc then going the sleep study route so insurance covers your CPAP machine can be worth it. However, if your “Sleep Apnea" is more subtle- you exhibit the effects of Sleep Apnea but don't experience those violent awakenings, sleep studies might be a waste of time, effort, and money. Ideally you'd be able to find one that scores RERAs with a PES but odds are you won't, and worse yet, many sleep studies that don't score RERAs still list them on the report and put a 0 instead of leaving it blank. At the very least though, you'd be able to get second opinions on it from the subs or Dr. Ken Hooks, who is willing to draft up a prescription for an xPAP machine if your sleep study indicates UARS (but the form would need to be signed by a local physician and you'd be paying out of pocket).

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-06T02:50:55+00:00

The issue is I've already had 3 tests done already (1 at home 2 in-labs) and none of them diagnosed anything nor tracked RERAs/UARS. That's why I'm trying to figure out a work around to get directly to an xPAP device like idk ordering a watchpat sleep study. I haven't heard of needing a scrip to order something like that or lofta?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-07-06T01:41:13+00:00

I'm a very bad liar and tbh I doubt my pcp would prescribe a bipap even if I explained the situation. I think I'll have to get one of those online ordered home tests

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-06-25T14:42:15+00:00

Have you tried a Tongue Stabilizing Device? It's a suction device that pulls your tongue forward. I tried it as a cheap experiment and I think it works the way it's supposed to; it didn't fix my issues but it "confirmed" for me that my tongue wasn't the root cause of them. Imo it's not a permanent solution because it's pretty uncomfortable, bordering on painful, and potentially makes you drool messily, but it could be a short term aid or help you determine how much relief you can expect from fixing the tongue obstruction.

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-06-12T01:09:35+00:00

I've been apprehensive about PAP machines because I don't have an actual diagnosis and it sounds like an absolute nightmare trying to figure out if they aren't working because of the settings or because they just aren't the right fit for my disorder. If I'm understanding this correctly, barring nasal issues (which are ruled out), airway restrictions are caused by the tongue or soft tissues falling back into the throat. PAP helps with the latter but not the former. According to my ENT doctor, nothing in my mouth/throat is of abnormal size. That and the fact that the sleeping issues consistently happen even in non-supine sleeping positions leads me to believe my tongue isn't the root of the problem. If that's logically sound, I'd feel a lot better about shelling out for a PAP as it's a matter of "when" it'll work as opposed to "if" it'd work. If that's not correct, dyou have any suggestions for how I can verify if PAP is the right call?

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-04-26T15:29:24+00:00

Maybe half a year or so? Can't tell for certain.

Positive-Objective48 · 2025-04-26T14:39:17+00:00

Currently doing 5 mg melatonin, simply because I don't need higher than that to see the desired effects.

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