u/Ok-Strawberry277

Hello. I was diagnosed with “mild” sleep apnea over 10 years ago and I’ve been using cpap ever since. Honestly not sure how much it ever helped.

Got two repeat sleep studies done recently which showed an AHI less than 5, but many “respiratory effort related arousals”. The doctor said I don’t have sleep apnea but rather a “sleep related breathing disorder”.

As an experiment I’ve stopped using the cpap for a few weeks and my dark circles are gone. I don’t feel exhausted during the day either. I do have some neuromuscular issues with my back and neck so I’m started to think that’s really what’s affecting my sleep. Wondering if the cpap could actually be making it harder to sleep if apnea is not the issue?

Is this common? I’d like to think my previous relationships have ended over fundamental incompatibilities so there’s no reason either of us would ever reach out. However the girl I’m currently seeing, along with many girls in the past, get texted by multiple different ex boyfriends all the time. I don’t get it.

This has honestly been the best relationship of my life. We are so compatible and I can really see myself marrying her in the future, but I’m concerned about the massive wealth gap between us.

Don’t get me wrong, I come from a well off family (like upper middle class). I’m a professional working in a large city and within the next few years I’ll be in the top 5% of earners. That being said, my girlfriend comes from generational wealth. She told me that she only works because she wants to, and that her parents would buy her a house if she asked.She goes shopping at Dior and places like that every weekend and frequently travels.

In my last relationships, I have always had more money than my partner and so this feels very new to me. I explained to her that I’m not looking for any handouts and that if she decides to go skiing in Aspen or whatever else, I might not be able to afford it just yet. I don’t want her to pay for me until I have a better job and I’m making more money (roughly a year from now).

I honestly have no idea how to navigate this, I won’t lie I am very prideful and don’t like asking for help. I’m very happy she is so rich and that’s gonna be great down the road, but I need to feel like I’m contributing financially. I know at this point I can’t keep up with her so what am I to do? I don’t resent her at all, like this is literally the best possible situation anyone could be in but I just feel really awkward at times.

Went out with this 30 year old Chinese girl the other night. The date was fine but clearly not a lot of chemistry. I paid for dinner and she didn’t say thank you. Then afterwards, she told me that she’s only ever dated other Chinese guys and that I’m the first white person she’s ever been out with. Texted me later that night saying we don’t have anything in common and she wishes me well. Am I right to be a little pissed off? I get not having a great date but this felt like a deliberate waste of time.

Edit: The comments have turned into “you can’t expect sex after paying for a woman’s dinner” vs “women are using men for free dinners”.

Edit 2: why are people still commenting on this that’s insane

Hello, 25L currently clerking at a State Supreme Court in the DMV area. Graduated cum laude (15%) from a T30 with journal but did not summer at a large firm. Been going through this sub and it seems like the career outlook is rather bleak right now for judicial clerks?

Most of the posts I’m seeing are federal clerks who are struggling to find work, so it stands to reason that I will struggle even more with a SSC clerkship. Aside from the general advice of “clerking at a State Supreme Court makes you marketable in your State,” how am I supposed to leverage this into big law or a boutique? It really feels like I was sold a bag of goods from my career services that this clerkship is so prestigious and will help advance my career.

I declined the return offer from my 2L regional firm because I got sick with Lyme disease and subsequently missed the hiring timeline for federal clerkships. I know going through a recruiter is not recommended, so should I just be cold emailing firms at this point? Any advice is appreciated!

27M, fairly attractive lawyer in a large city. Over the span of a week I have matched with 6 girls and have gotten 17 likes. This is without HingeX or any boosts.

I am not particularly interested in any of the likes and the matches either don’t respond or aren’t looking to actually go out on a date. Is this typical performance on a dating app, below average or above average? It’s somewhat discouraging and I doubt paying for the premium would change anything.

Hello, this will likely be long so tldr: neurologist I’m seeing is not convinced I have dysautonomia and is pushing for more tests like fluoroscopy and a chest mri because my symptoms, as well as the onset of my symptoms don’t exactly fit dysautonomia.

Back in 2023 I was completely healthy, I would say I was in the peak physical condition of my life. Low stress, worked out 5 times a week, never got winded by anything. Never had a single health problem my entire life besides sleep apnea which doctors could never find a cause for, they just gave me a cpap at 18 years old.

One evening I got a horrible burning pain in my lower chest, really the top of the stomach just under the ribs. Had a few episodes of racing heart, became sensitive to light and just generally felt weak. Went to the er where they ran every test but found nothing, told me I have a “stomach virus” even though no fever… The burning just under my ribs continued for weeks, and I became so bloated I literally could not eat anything, I lost like 15 pounds.

Kept having weird episodes of racing heart and what felt like physical anxiety even though I wasn’t nervous about anything. I’ve never had anxiety my entire life, actually was just about to finish law school and start work at a law firm. The bloating eventually went away but every time I would try to relax and take deep breaths, I’d feel a spasm in my chest. That eventually went away too.

What’s left, and what the symptoms have evolved into, resemble dysautonomia but not exactly. I have sensitivity to temperature and my body struggles to sweat or cool down, but only sometimes. My heart will race upon standing, but not always. I’m dizzy and short of breath most of the time and taking a deep breath is almost impossible, like my diaphragm is just locked solid.

When the symptoms do go away, it’s NEVER gradual. Everything will spontaneously resolve either because I just wake up feeling fine, or I just start feeling fine out of nowhere. I’ve seen every specialist imaginable over 3 years and none have any idea what’s wrong. My blood tests have pretty much been normal except a positive Lyme IgM 3 weeks ago which doesn’t make any sense because it was negative at the beginning, and a couple inflammation markers.

I’m taking a small dose of beta blockers now and that seems to prevent the episodes of racing heart, but I still just struggle to breathe the entire time and my digestion is totally messed up. Really the only two options I’m pursuing are possibly Lyme (not keen on this because of all the pseudoscience in the Lyme community) or damage to my phrenic nerve. I doubt this will sound familiar to anyone so I suppose this is more of a vent than anything. But if this somehow resonates with you please let me know!

Been suffering for about 3 years. Got a two week dose of doxy about 6 months into my symptoms. Small fiber neuropathy type symptoms started around 1.5 years ago. Worried that it’s too late to recover now.

Would love anyone’s take on this because I think it’s so funny. Women like my profile on hinge, I’ll match with them, they’ll even send me a message first like “your eyes are so pretty”, I reply and they just disappear. What the hell? You liked my profile and reached out to me, and then you ghost after I respond one time lmao

It’s happened like 5 times in a row now, maybe they’re just bots hinge is paying to inflate my ego.

I’ve been sick for 3 years. Tested positive for Lyme IgG with Lyme specific bands early on, and then recently tested positive for IgM. Also have other blood makers like very high ifn-gamma. My neurologist has ordered the igenx tests to confirm before referring me to a Lyme doctor.

Although I never saw the tick bite when I first got sick, I was confirmed bitten again 3 months later. No rash either time and I was treated with two weeks of doxy. I felt really great while taking the antibiotics and then crashed about a month afterwards. Is it possible the Lyme survived the doxy and now I’m gonna have a harder time treating it because it’s resistant?

This girl (26F) and I (28M) are very compatible on paper, but first date didn’t feel great. She sat so far away from me and had her arms crossed the entire time even though she was making eye contact and was very engaged in the conversation. No idea if we have any chemistry because I couldn’t test anything.

I just got out of a very passionate 6 month relationship and this felt like such a weird experience. She’s never had a relationship longer than 5 months and only started dating at 24 years old. Maybe she’s just inexperienced? But to me it seems like she wasn’t interested.

Anyone have an idea of what the hell is going on? 9070xt, R5 9600x. Ram LED comes on when I boot unless I clear CMOS, then the pc starts like nothing was wrong. Tried updating bios, graphics drivers, no luck.

Been together with my girlfriend for over 6 months. I know personally the relationship isn’t going to last. I’ve thought it over many times and there’s no reality in which I ask her to marry me, we are just too different. The real issue is her substance abuse and addiction which I’ve brought up many times during the relationship (alcohol, weed, and nicotine). She has recognized it’s an issue but that’s about as far as the conversation goes. It always ends with “so what do you need from me?”

It actually seems like she’s started using even more after we last talked about it, like she’s trying to spite me or something. We’ll be on FaceTime and she’ll hide the camera to inhale from a bong. This happens every day of the week. Not sure if she thinks I can’t hear or what but it’s gotten on my nerves and I’m done.

I really don’t have the emotional bandwidth to go through another explosive breakup. I was cheated on in my last relationship, a family member was recently diagnosed with cancer and my own health is starting to take a dive. I’d like to just block my girlfriend on everything and send her a breakup text but I know that’s not fair. What is the least stressful way to end this? Would it be better to call and just say we aren’t compatible I’m sorry?

PC worked fine for about a month. Always low temps and no issues whatsoever. Turned it off normally last night and now it won’t give me any display, the fans are running on full blast, and the ram light is on.

Really makes no sense to me. Wasn’t a budget build either. 9070XT and R5 9600x, 16GBx2 Crucial Pro DDR5, TUF B650em-e MOBO. Any idea how should I go about fixing this? The CMOS battery is in a very inconvenient spot.

Edit: I cleared cmos and I can get to bios. Didn’t see anything that looked wrong so I exited bios. Now same issue it won’t start.

Edit again: This is so goddamn weird, pc will only start after clearing CMOS. Doesn’t matter what else I do, clearing cmos lets me start it up only once.