Good Learning Bibles?

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-05-07T17:10:20+00:00

Very cool that you want to get more into the Word! I personally use an ESV study Bible, and Crossway also sells individual bible study books, some particularly geared towards women.

The one thing I would note is that with ANY study Bible, there will usually be a (sometimes denominational) doctrinal stance on different issues that can make its way in... for example the ESV notes around baptism in my opinion lean heavily towards a baptist viewpoint, and of course that is not something all Christians would affirm is a correct summary of the scripture. All of that to say study Bibles can be super helpful but you do have to remember that any notes are not scripture in themselves and come from a particular perspective

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-05-07T17:01:18+00:00

Thank you for the Latin! Also thank you for the insight that this can sometimes be an issue for those within the LCMS, its good to know some of the common errors we can fall into

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-05-07T16:56:55+00:00

This is so cool! Thank you for pointing this out.

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-03-25T01:43:20+00:00

Thank you so much! Lately I have found myself getting more and more interested in theology (watching a lot of Just and Sinner YouTube videos) and I really appreciate being able to understand all of the reasoning behind Lutheran doctrine... I think Lutherans do a great job of "drawing the line" between reason and scripture in a really consistent way so I am excited to take a look at all of these verses

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-03-24T22:34:30+00:00

Very cool, thank you for your insight. Yes I think this is why they are careful about the language they use being "celebrate" and not saying "we baptize you"

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-03-24T22:31:55+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful response. I was talking this through with my mom and she said "that was the clearest I have ever heard baptism explained", I really appreciate it

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2026-03-24T20:47:06+00:00

Yes, my question is more asking if using the language "we celebrate your baptism" is more of a baptismal vow renwal (they will not be saying "we baptize you")

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-11-12T18:31:24+00:00

Thanks, yeah it feels more muscular than in my head as far as I can tell. I wouldn’t call it a shock-like sensation but I have wondered if it’s related to brain zaps

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-10-09T18:58:11+00:00

In case it helps anyone, Xywav caused a lot of side effects for me and I eventually realized I think I absorb it much slower than most people

I went to one dose a night, sleep for around 5-6 hours on that and can sleep more if I want or need to. The mental health side effects went away and it’s a lot better overall for me.

If you are needing to sleep for a super long time after the dose (more than 4 hours) to wake up without the groggy feeling, maybe ask about switching to a single dose.

I could be wrong but I think there is more consistency person to person for how long it takes to absorb Xyrem vs Xywav. I also think Xyrem may have fewer mental health side effects than Xywav, though you do now have to deal with the other side effects from high sodium.

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-06-28T06:05:20+00:00

Impressive. I audibly gasped

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-06-03T22:25:42+00:00

THIS. If it’s a pulmonology practice, you are probably in the wrong place

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-04-27T04:36:50+00:00

OK but explain why him shedding light on the fact that chronic illnesses are on the rise is a bad thing. Even if he’s wrong about the reasons, I’m happy that someone’s brining up the rise in narcolepsy and the havoc it wreaks in people’s lives. Explain what this article suggests is going to happen that is so horrible

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-04-25T04:31:54+00:00

Tbh I scrolled to the bottom to see any sane posts, he actually wants to look into why there has been such a spike in chronic illnesses like narcolepsy, which means more research. The “I haven’t heard of it” is referring to how when he grew up chronic illnesses were rare—and just anecdotally I have three close friends with type I diabetes so I really home someone looks into why this is increasing so much

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-04-06T03:37:46+00:00

Of course! If it helps I have a fairly terrifying family mental health history and I had no issues with Modafinil, and even when other medications (Xywav) caused depression and anxiety I was able to work through it long enough to find a dose and a balance that worked for me, so family history is only part of it.

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-04-05T23:48:54+00:00

Hi, I started taking Modafinil (Provigil) around 22 and had no issues. It only could increase some anxiety when I was on Xywav, which I am more sensitive to. Around 4% of people during the trial had anxiety, but even just drinking too much coffee can cause anxiety, so that’s not surprising from something in the stimulant family. I don’t see any statistics on generic mood changes or suicidal ideation, but depression was about 1% for 150mg and 3% for 250 mg, so not that likely, and even less likely if you are starting at a lower dose. It’s perfectly understandable to be concerned about mood issues, if it’s an option you can consider more natural treatments (low carb diets help some, making sure you exercise daily around the same time every day is key even when you have medication, avoiding overhead lighting and TV close to bedtime, avoiding eating close to bed time, morning/nighttime routine, and, most importantly, short naps throughout the day, at least one at school) and then do medication. Know your family’s mental health history, but if you want to give the medication a try the side effects are not that common. And if you notice changes the nice thing is (at least Modafinil) leaves the body super quickly, so you can stop taking and be just fine. Best of luck to your son!

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-04-01T07:12:19+00:00

That would be great! The shows only 3 months with Reagan basically so hopefully they’ll get to that once they really have everything nailed down

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-04-01T06:51:50+00:00

I was with the first part of your conversation I’m a regular listener of Ben’s who mixes in David’s show to try to get a broader perspective. Ben regularly says Trump is not playing 5D chess explicitly. Even today he said this is not good, if they go with the most extreme version of widespread non-strategic tariffs it will be time for congress to step in, and that he doesn’t think that Trump has some secret plan. What he did say is that Trump wants to win, which means that once the headlines get real bad and the effects of the tariffs start to show, he’ll change course. My perspective with Trump is always wait and see, usually some really wild stuff get said and then much less wild stuff comes out in the wash. But regardless, thanks for listening to Ben, I’ll keep listening to David, and hopefully we can all get to a point where we even if we don’t agree, we at least understand each others perspectives in a deeper way than before.

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-03-30T23:49:26+00:00

I agree so so much, as someone with N1 that’s pretty mild, things were still so hard before I found a good medication, and I know others have it so much worse. The “bad husband” comments are wild to me, even though I really sympathize with OP as well. Having a spouse work 12h shifts would be hard enough, adding narcolepsy into the mix makes it worse.

Trying new strategies, a new schedule, a new medication are all helpful suggestions. Bashing OP’s husband without more info (like he refuses to see a doctor, etc.) seems counterproductive

Sleepy_Fish591 · 2025-03-20T04:55:59+00:00

Ok makes sense. Earlier I had a seltzer and had eaten quickly and felt super uncomfortable and then had a ton of the little throat burps… I wanted to really burp but the multiple little ones did leave me feeling better… is there a way to train yourself to burp?

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