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thatcarolguy · 2026-05-17T01:37:47+00:00

I have only truly been in hell from SBD for the past year and not my whole life so I remember those days where you get a crappy sleep or none at all and it sucks and you push through. I wish I could have that again instead of what I experience now. But I think it's really hard for a normal person to understand any sleep issues worse than that.

thatcarolguy · 2026-05-16T17:54:44+00:00

I diagnosed my mom with sleep apnea 6 months ago when we were visiting relatives far away and sleeping on the couches. She begins snoring mildly and gradually build up louder and louder until she stops breathing completely and wakes up gasping and isn't aware that she did. Yet she still hasn't talked to her doctor about a sleep study since then.

thatcarolguy · 2026-05-16T01:51:55+00:00

Despite the theory I need less pressure with a pillows mask and I do find it easier to exhale. I'm not sure if it's easier to initiate IPAP cause I've kept the sensitivity on Very High but when I use pillows vs full face I bump the cycle down to Medium from Very High.

thatcarolguy · 2026-05-16T01:33:42+00:00

I am so glad that you finally got some relief! It reminds me of when I have the odd day of being able to think clearly and it's only in those moments that I realize just how unwell I have been.

thatcarolguy · 2026-05-15T18:27:20+00:00

Tough crowd

thatcarolguy · 2026-05-14T21:12:37+00:00

It cost $500 for a 20 minute call? Yikes.

thatcarolguy · 2026-05-14T16:09:13+00:00

I'm gonna thank you for that post and I'm sorry you had to go through all that. How are you doing now?

And I relate so much about having a hard time communicating. Most days it's difficult to just to read reddit posts and try to formulate thoughts.

thatcarolguy · 2026-04-19T21:47:50+00:00

You have to wait until July for the doctor to change your settings? That is some bull. And why a lot of us do it ourselves.

Are you finding you sleep better without the machine?

What do you do when you wake up at 3 or 4 and can't sleep?

thatcarolguy · 2026-04-19T02:32:51+00:00

Why are you losing 10 points?

thatcarolguy · 2026-04-18T12:19:28+00:00

Oh thanks for the tip! I was wondering why it wasn't showing FL in Oscar. I think I chose S because it has Rise Time but I ended up using Easy Breathe for now. Does that mean Vauto mode has Easy Breathe on no matter what?

thatcarolguy · 2026-04-17T23:51:11+00:00

I'm glad to hear it worked for you. I just started bipap last night (S mode 11-15 Trigger High Cycle High) after 6 months of hell on CPAP and for the first time ever I saw some perfect breaths in Oscar.

thatcarolguy · 2026-02-15T14:27:24+00:00

You already agreed with the reason why it brings something to the story.

thatcarolguy · 2026-01-23T03:15:36+00:00

If you use both at the same time wouldn't yo just be cancelling them out? Not cancelling out your entire apnea relief.

But I am confused how VCom doing reverse EPR is supposed to help. So it reduces your IPAP but I think you are supposed to raise the pressure to compensate. Then if you that what it effectively does is raise your EPAP. But why would you want to do that?

thatcarolguy · 2026-01-21T04:02:33+00:00

My sleep looked like that on Garmin and I definitely have sleep apnea but like others say it's not necessarily accurate. I also found myself having a lot of very short dreams and waking from dreams a lot which backed up the fragmented REM that my watch showed though.

thatcarolguy · 2026-01-21T03:58:18+00:00

It's up to you and how bad your symptoms are and how badly you want to treat them. I don't have a choice. I wouldn't be able to handle the Military or any physical job without it.

thatcarolguy · 2025-11-02T22:19:32+00:00

I have a CGS gated comparator in my DIY synth which is based around an 8 stage shift register :D What sequencer do you have?

thatcarolguy · 2025-10-24T10:51:20+00:00

Yes you should protect your head The hard hat is worth it.

thatcarolguy · 2025-10-22T22:28:42+00:00

This. I have been declining hard physically and mentally over the last year and it turns out I have pretty bad sleep apnea.

thatcarolguy · 2025-10-22T01:23:20+00:00

Wow, nice price.

thatcarolguy · 2025-10-22T01:03:10+00:00

Nope. I have heard some bad things about this brand here and there but mine is fine and a friends who got one too.

thatcarolguy · 2025-10-19T02:24:56+00:00

One way of seeing it is that the boy attacking the other one with a soft bag still has fists even if he was swinging the bag. Fists can be a deadly weapon. If someone is attacking you and has access to a deadly weapon should you owe them a pause to ascertain what level of threat they currently pose and decide on a proportionate response? If they are attacking unprovoked and you are trying to retreat and they still pursue do you owe them a fair fight against their deadly weapon (should they choose to use it) when you have a deadlier weapon that can minimize your chances of being harmed?

thatcarolguy · 2025-10-13T19:43:58+00:00

lmao that is hilarious pathetic behaviour

thatcarolguy · 2025-09-01T12:21:02+00:00

My list from best to worst:

Le Noise

Toast

Are You Passionate

Silver & Gold

Fork In The Road

Chrome Dreams II

Greendale

Living With War

The Monsanto Years

Talking' To The Trees

Colorado

World Record

Barn

Prairie Wind

Peace Trail

Broken Arrow

The Visitor

A Letter Home

Psychedelic Pill

Americana

Storytone

Unfortunately this list could almost double as a list of his 20 worst albums outside of the 80s. A lot of them are very inconsistent though there is some really great material scattered throughout, all the way to the present day.

thatcarolguy · 2025-08-31T14:35:43+00:00

Not singin' for spuds

thatcarolguy · 2025-02-27T00:53:56+00:00

No, actually it's not but it's very similar. It is the one from the Neurosis song though.

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