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    I kind of used to do this, but it was largely due to chronic deprivation. Working 2 full time jobs and apl that

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    This Dad needs a CPAP so he can get a real 8 hours. Not needing naps during the day is life-changing.

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        Take it apart and wash everything. They are really pretty simple devices. I literally just finished replacing the motor on my ResMed S9. It has 8 allen head screws in total, and they were all the same size. I used an allen wrench that came with my 3D printer, it’s not marked but measures 2 mm across. It took me less than 10 minutes to get it apart. This guy has a pretty nice breakdown.

        Everything except for the main board, SD card, and motor can be washed with dish soap in your sink.

        I’ve taken apart a couple others and they were pretty simple too, so I willing to bet that you can find a tear down video on pretty much all of them out there.

        Make sure to wash the water tank really well and wipe it’s inside down. Mini cpaps coat there water tanks with a bittering agent that stinks when you run out of water. So just be sure and never to let it run out of water, or turn off your water function.

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          Did that last week. Follow the teardown guide and cleaned it ALL with isopropal alcohol. Issue remains. I can’t not use the water thing unfortunately because I wake up with lips cracked to the point of bleeding.

          I’m just gonna die.

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          No, that would require being able to afford new supplies. I swapped out the nasal pillows about six or seven months ago. The headgear gets swapped out about three or four months ago. The hose and the tub have been used for the past three to four years. Machine itself is 10 years old and I’ve never had anyone ever look at it. Filters I can actually change out a bit.

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            Don’t know what part of the world you’re in but Amazon cpap supplies were pretty reasonable when I didn’t want to visit the doctor just for a new prescription. There is also a sanitizer used for home brewing that should be able to sanitize your tank and hose to make it good as new.

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              A full mask replacement for me would be about $200. A hose replacement for me would be about $100. A tank replacement would also be about $100.

              I can’t sanitize these things back into use unfortunately. The hose is starting to show extreme degradation from multiple years of use, as well as a cat chewing on it. The tank is starting to show signs of rust and I can’t imagine that that is going to be a great thing for me to be breathing in. So I can’t be using that for too much longer. The entire mask also needs to be replaced because the front face plate is cracked and I cannot order a replacement face plate. I’m looking at $400 to $500. All of which would do nothing to replace the issue of it tasting like plastic because for whatever reason, that is coming from inside of the machine itself.

              I may just die.

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              Okay. I’m still breathing in shit that tastes like burnt plastic though so they might have a point in this case.

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    The “sleep will win”?

    If you’re having trouble sleeping, I suggest retiring. Retiring does wonders for being able to sleep.

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    I think his foot is falling off. Or it already did and has been crudely stitched back onto his leg.

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      I seriously don’t get it. My wife can do it every night. She just lays down and goes to sleep. Like what? I need at least three hours of wrestling my worst thoughts before I can sleep

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        If racing/anxious thoughts isn’t the cause, you may have great success with the military sleep method: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/military-sleep-method

        I was sure the version I’d read months ago, had you tense up the muscles before relaxing them section by section; but I could not immediately find any variabts which mentioned that part. I used to do the very lite version, counting my breaths. Worked pretty well, over the years - after getting my head sorted out first - I’ve built a habit of falling asleep in 5~15 mins. Used to often take an hour, occasionally 2~3.

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        I learned a while ago that constant thoughts of death and despair before sleep may indicate an anxiety disorder. However, since online diagnoses from strangers are almost always bullshit, I’d like to recommend a weighted blanket. I know it sounds stupid, but the weighted blanket fucks are right. You probably want one.

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          Can confirm. Bought weighted blanket, and it helps me sleep to the point where I have a hard time without it. So every night I’m sleeping away from home I need to carry a 20lb weighted blanket with me. Not great but the sleep is great so you gotta take the good with the bad I guess.

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          My anti-depressants definitely help. I already sweat like a pig in 62 degrees, I would die of heat stroke under a weighted blanket, lol.

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        Have you tried meditation? When I do it, I tend to get through most of that nonsense a lot faster. Just sit, focus on breathing, and if something pops into your head, recognize it and clear your mind. Eventually things should settle down and you can try sleeping.

        Set an alarm for 10-15 min. Sitting on the floor is best, but aid that’s uncomfortable, a chair is fine for the first few sessions to see if it’ll work.

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          As an add-on to this, some people are inherently better at meditation to start with. So hearing from other people how short their journey was from “meditation is just a waste of time” to “after some practice it started to be more effective” can be really discouraging for people where that journey can be years. But everyone can get good at meditating. And generally, the harder or more useless it seems to start out, the more you need what it offers.

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          I tried it for a month or two before without much luck. I think my wife and I are about to try what another commented suggested. Having a kid and letting them grind me down

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        Every damn night … Toss turn toss turn toss turn… Finally sleep, a gnat on the other side of town farts and I’m up… Go to the bathroom, rinse repeat… 1 1/2 hr before I have to be up and fucking gigantic loud as hell disel trucks start their parade…

        I just want to sleeeeepppp

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          I’m very similar. Earplugs have been a game changer for me. Might be worth a whirl for you.

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        I am basically your wife. When I lie down to sleep, I am unconscious within five minutes. Typically. My issue comes from staying asleep. I will wake up anywhere from 3 to 15 times a night and I fucking hate it.

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          You need a baby and a toddler! You’ll wake up the same number of times but at least you’ll have company and something to do.

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          I will wake up anywhere from 3 to 15 times a night and I fucking hate it.

          Someone needs a sleep study.

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          That’s not unusual, depending on a few factors. What really matters is how disruptive it is. I do the same, but as long as it’s just a rollover, I can be back to dream land in a minute or two. … unless it was shitty dreams, then I might be missing the rest of my sleep…

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        Same, my issue was resolved after I started taking 1mg of melatonin 20min before bed. Now I can just lie down, close my eyes and thats it.

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        I used to be like this, and suddenly changed virtually overnight after being on an SNRI for anxiety for like a year. It also results in me waking up before 9 am every day, when I used to be a get up at noon person. It’s weird as shit and I slightly suspect a helpful brain tumor.

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          I’ve been on various anti-anxiety and anti-depressants for years. They definitely helped but still not fully.

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            Yeah, SSRIs did jack shit for me when I tried them so it’s not a silver bullet. I’m not even sure it’s the SNRI, but I’m not sure what else it would be.

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        I save my wrist thoughts for when I have 3-4 hours of sleep, then they get the rest of the night.

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      I can do it too but I’m a psychopath and I can easily push the intrusive thoughts out and clear my head easily.

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    I had a nursing friend of mine do this when she went to bed at night. We used to stay at her place often years ago. She’d reserve us a room in her house, nice place, great bed, very, very comfortable. Then she’d go to her bedroom, get ready for bed, night gown, wash up … then go to the living room, lie down on the floor in the most uncomfortable posture and go to sleep for an hour or two, change positions, do it again and again. The living room had more open space for her to sprawl around in all kinds of positions.

    She had damaged her spine and had a herniated disk which caused her terrible problems … it was neither serious enough to be treated with surgery nor healthy enough for her to feel comfortable any more. She had tried water beds, posturepedic beds, memory foams, pillows, hanging platforms, various drugs and nothing worked … except for lying on a flat hard floor for a few hours.

    The first few time I saw her when I got up in the night to go to the bathroom, I saw here like this and thought something terrible had happened.

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    My old man will be like “fuck it, sleep take me now!” and will take a six hour nap on a metal stool.

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      Worked with a guy that had that. You can’t tell when it’s going to hit.

      Also, we were cable guys. This guy drove himself around and climbed telephone poles.

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    I do the same thing. Napping on the ground counterintuitively helps when I have a stiff back. I wake up and the tension is gone. At family gatherings I prefer the couch though.

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    Oh… that’s exactly what I do, for exactly the same reasons.

    It’s good to see that I’m not alone.