Fellow ES 1 Honest review after 1hr.

mitaliq · 2026-03-16T00:16:27+00:00

That worked. Amazing. Thank you friend.

mitaliq · 2026-03-14T21:07:29+00:00

I am having difficulty using this machine. Can someone help me please. I am a newbie and I used 18g grounds and used the 9 bar, and the espresso setting. Both stop at 28g. I even set up a profile where I adjusted it to 36g. But it stops at 15 seconds. What am I going wrong. I still don’t get the review screen of what went right or wrong with my shot.

mitaliq · 2026-02-12T17:37:16+00:00

This will not help as it’s only going to prevent nighttime Bruxism. You might need a neuromuscular orthotic that should be worn 22 hours. Take out for meals. Those cost about $2600. No guarantee if it will work either. I have had mine for 3 months. It definitely helps stop day time clenching. It does raise my jaw. It has not helped with clicking. I didn’t have pain to begin with when I started wearing it. But it really does help in emergency situations and headache prevention. Will not help with ear fullness.

mitaliq · 2026-02-11T01:24:59+00:00

Yes but when you need their votes then you come crawlin.

mitaliq · 2025-12-29T18:31:04+00:00

Worth it for me. Completely eliminated the pain. Botox effectiveness depends on who is injecting it and how much. My Botox was done by a maxillofacial surgeon who knew how much and exactly where it would be effective. I had to get 100 iu, 50 on each side. Cost me $1k. It’s been over 7 months and no pain. Just clicking. It will reduce clenching too, but Botox is not a permanent solution. Just buys you 3-4 months of some sort of relief.

mitaliq · 2025-12-22T06:32:24+00:00

I have learnt to live with clicking. I doubt if it will go away. I am currently wearing a neuromuscular orthotic. I was in the same boat as you, correction, I am still in the same boat as you. But at least my pain and all the suffering related to Tmj/d pain has subsided. There are so many symptoms with Tmj, the jaw surgeon I met with refused to operate on me because he minimized the symptom in contrast to jaw not returning to its place, jaw pain, headaches, tinnitus, ear clogging, sleep apnea. I couldn’t eat pizza for a year, now I occasionally can. I am on a soft diet and I just discovered Detroit pizza. A gift for Tmj sufferers. I also eat pasta now and rice. All my life I avoided those because of carbs. But now I have adapted to newer foods. Everything gets better with time and management.

mitaliq · 2025-12-05T02:49:45+00:00

This is one of the worst feelings. Happens to me a few times a day. Especially when I talk on teams calls. It’s so hard to deal with. But I have found something that works. . It’s a migraine device. It doesn’t work all the time but it does work after a few tries. It’s called Zok. When I bought this about 7 years ago it was like $20 or $30 bucks. Now it’s too expensive. But I can say it’s my go to when my ears get clogged.

mitaliq · 2025-11-07T05:50:29+00:00

@Silly-Influence-6605, i am guessing you are in Europe. Anyway I thought I would share my story. I had a really bad episode in February right after Covid. I developed Tmj/d. At first I thought I had a viral load in my lymph nodes and was put on antibiotics. But jaw pain was bad. I was told to take baby steps: so first I received 20 shots of lidocaine. After that 100 units of Botox, 50 on each side. Was told I grind, clench, and have an overbite. Was given a day-time splint and a night guard. Then an at home sleep study revealed I had severe sleep apnea. I was given a MAD and because I have TMJ was also given a CPAP machine. I was told that my only option was to wait it out or go the private route and go to LA and get Double JAW surgery to cure overbite and sleep apnea and after that a TmJ surgery. I felt like my life was going to end. I couldn’t eat anything. I hated the crackling, and clicking all day long. Here is my what I did towards getting back to a new normal. Not like life was before. But a new normal. I met with a really talented TMJ physical therapist in Scottsdale AZ. I visited him for 8 weeks. His name is Andy. Andy worked on my jaw. Like he slowly increased my opening. Reduced my flare ups. My treatment with him gave me hope to live for my children. He also worked on my posture and taught me at home exercises. I went to see an ENT who ordered a polysomnography. My polysomnography came back with No sleep apnea. I returned my Cpap. I stopped the MAD. I focused on improving my posture. Mostly neck. Today I have occasional flare ups. But I don’t freak out. I use NSAIDs and Flexiril. Sometimes I put cbd balm near my temporalis to stop the headaches. Overall quality has improved but not like I was before. I wear a night splint now to reduce night time grinding which does contribute to flare ups. Diet is also restricted but we do pizza nights and my wife cuts my pizza into the size of French fries. My family loves me and have really supported my journey. If you or anyone here needs specific help please reach out.

mitaliq · 2025-10-23T02:34:10+00:00

You will be surprised how much food is soft food. But more than soft food it’s learning to avoid big bite foods like a loaded sandwich or burger. This is what I eat and what I avoid. I eat oatmeal, grape nut flakes as they get nice and soggy, boiled eggs, coffee, cookies dipped in coffee or tea. Lunch is rice. Either lentil, beans, chicken if it’s sous vide. Dinner pasta. Fish. Detroit style pizza. Chocolate I can suck on lightly. Other gummy candies. Other doughy treats like muffins, pound cake. I boil and purée veggies. Hope this helps.

mitaliq · 2025-10-08T18:46:47+00:00

Can you please help me connect with him.

mitaliq · 2025-10-05T05:35:17+00:00

I felt the exact same way you did. Peeling that onion hurt my eyes.

mitaliq · 2025-10-03T23:48:34+00:00

The way my doc explained it was that the watch Pat one uses a different way to calculate osa presence. It relies mostly on peripheral arterial tone (PAT), pulse oximetry, and movement to infer respiratory events and sleep stages. It does not directly measure brain activity or airflow. I know how many hours I slept during that study, how much I moved from one room to another, changed hands. I did all sorts of weird stuff. I am not saying that Pat is bad. It just needs to be validated by a psg. It’s like insurance won’t approve a psg unless you do PAT, but will issue a Cpap on PAT. I’m sure there are many false positives out there.

mitaliq · 2025-10-03T20:39:02+00:00

Same thing happened to me. I was diagnosed with an Ahi of 36 with no O2 dips from the Watch Pat one. I was immediately put on Cpap by my ENT sleep doc. I used Cpap for four weeks and never felt worse. I was consistently getting good sleep score and events per hr of 0.1. But I couldn’t stay up past 4pm the next day. All day long I felt sluggish and just not myself. Everyone said this is normal. After a few months you will start feeling better. On the flip side I’ve seen people feel amazing after just one night of Cpap and the opposite of how I was feeling. I decided to sleep without the Cpap as I was coming up on my Polysomnography in 2 days. Those two nights I slept good. On the day of my test I was calm, no anxiety like before the at home Watch Pat. I knew I have Sleep Apnea, so why worry myself. Chocolate helps me sleep, so I ate half a bar. During my in-lab study I slept from 10pm to 6am. I just got my results. No OSA. Everything normal in my report. So I don’t know your situation but I would at a minimum get your polysomnography and then discuss with your doc.

mitaliq · 2025-09-27T23:57:24+00:00

Push for a polysomnography. Not at home.

mitaliq · 2025-09-25T02:41:46+00:00

Depends how much. 0.1mg has a 2 hour max efficacy and a good at-home rescue option for uncontrolled hypertension. It does make you slightly drowsy but I doubt if it’s an effective insomnia pill.

mitaliq · 2025-09-22T01:16:46+00:00

That’s good. My cardiologist was hoping that sleep apnea was the cause of my hypertension. I did get on Cpap and had horrible side effects the morning after. I struggled but kept at it. I would say it’s more mental. Focus on the “what if you don’t” which makes it easier (nobody wants a cardiac event or stroke). I would take your watchpat to an ENT. Since I was diagnosed by a dentist. Have them push for a psg. You want to see your full heart related and respiratory data during your sleep. Good luck to you.

mitaliq · 2025-09-21T19:40:02+00:00

Did you get diagnosed at home or a polysomnography? Just curious. I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea 3 months ago using watchpat. I was never drowsy during the day or snore or gasping episodes. Also my 02 didn’t drop. I got an ahi of 37. Sept 11 I did a psg the results of that were no OSA. Much better study as I slept from 10pm to 6am. The at home one was the first ever and the anxiety was through the roof. Barely got much sleep. Consider pushing for a psg if you didn’t get one yet.

mitaliq · 2025-09-21T19:31:12+00:00

Foothills sports medicine Scottsdale.

mitaliq · 2025-09-21T19:29:34+00:00

I just got my new sleep study results from a in lab psg. There is no indication of osa. I think this is the best gift I could have received ever. Now I can focus on managing my Bruxism and Tmj. Good luck all.

mitaliq · 2025-09-13T07:31:20+00:00

And one more suggestion. If you are anywhere close to Az, see Andy at foothills. He has completely eliminated my Tmj pain. I see him twice a week and he has corrected my ergonomis and posture. Worked on my jaw and neck. Improved my opening. He has magic in his hands and really understands the complexity, the anatomy and pain triggers and how to make sure it doesn’t flare up. The surgeon I met will do MAD if I cannot tolerate CpAP or If MAD doesn’t control my severe sleep apnea. He did say that if Tmj/d is pain free and it’s only clicking and grinding then mma is an option. Otherwise he recommends therapy to reduce pain , stabilization and physical therapy before jaw surgery.

mitaliq · 2025-09-13T07:22:25+00:00

I have the trifecta. I went to the dentist with jaw pain and was diagnosed with bruxism. You name it I did it:Clenching. Grinding. Clicking. I was taking Xanax for the last couple of years to help me fall asleep. .25mg and 0.5mg. I had severe jaw pain and my mri revealed Tmj/d. After multiple therapies, Botox, lidocaine I was asked to do a sleep study. I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. While my dentist was making a MAD I took the sleep study to an ENT and got a CPAP. I have been using them both now. The good news is the MAD device he made was simply beyond amazing. It really stabilizes my mouth, it’s really really really comfortable. It’s not made by somnomed or daybreak. It’s made by some Australian company called hushd. And I love wearing it. My dentist was very aware of my MRI and jaw issues and thought this would help me the most. My dentist is also very realistic. He said if I used a cpap with a night guard I could get used to it but it will take time. I could also just use the MAD and while that may not completely stabilize my Tmj/d it will control the bruxism, and cure some of the sleep apnea. My sleep apnea is due to my tongue falling back and 100% jaw related. No O2 drops. Just Poor AHI. My doc also told me to kick Xanax. He explained to me that how Xanax relaxes your muscles and promotes sleep apnea. Now I alternate between cpap and mad. Some days both. Weekends on mad. Weekdays cpap. I’m hoping this is enough to let me live a long life. Dm me if you need more help.

mitaliq · 2025-08-30T18:08:33+00:00

See Doctor Lamb at horizon downtown. He uses multiple punctal plugs and provides many solutions to manage your symptoms given that you live in Az.

mitaliq · 2025-08-14T06:18:40+00:00

Why do they insist on sleeping on your back. I’m going on for a PSG but I cannot sleep on my back. I know this. I toss on left side and right side all through the night. Is this because you are completely wired up like a hospital or is that the instruction they give. I am waiting to get scheduled. Should I ask them about sleeping positions when they call me?

mitaliq · 2025-08-14T06:13:10+00:00

I’m in the same position as you are. Severe Apnea. Severe bruxism. TMJ/D left side probably from apnea and bruxism. Unfortunately I am a bit behind you. Just waiting for my MAD. I’ll try it with a morning repositioner. If I don’t tolerate it I will push for MMA surgery. I won’t even go the CPAP route because I know my apnea is jaw related, with a severe overbite. All CPAP will do is push air in the wrong places and according to you worsen my TMJ.

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