u/Ok-Strawberry277

Hi. Wasn’t planning to post on Reddit about this but I broke down crying in my car earlier and I feel I’m reaching my limit.

I’m currently 28. Suffered from exhaustion all my life, given adderall as a kid which never helped. Got diagnosed at 18 with mild sleep apnea and given a CPAP. Used it for around 7 years but I gradually felt it becoming less effective.

Had three sleep studies done recently which showed an AHI of only 6 but a very high numbers of RERAS. First doctor told me I don’t have sleep apnea so I should just go on with my life. Second doctor said I could have UARS but getting insurance to cover a new machine would be difficult. Third doctor, a neurologist, agreed to get me a BIPAP but I’ve been waiting 6 months on the company.

I’ve noticed my hair thinning. Im exhausted every day, under my eyes looks hollow and dark. My skin is pale, I don’t have energy to workout to get fit. I’m skinny and just feel defeated. I’m so depressed, anxious, all my muscles hurt and I’m constantly so tense. Some of my inflammatory markers are also very high with no explanation.

Did anyone have luck with BIPAP as opposed to CPAP? I would like my life back, or at least have a chance to live a new great life which I haven’t experienced yet! Hoping to get there before I turn 30

Usually the girls I meet look better than their hinge profiles but this was the opposite. Not sure what the motivation is here. Like are people genuinely still catfishing and expecting a second date?

28 year old guy

Total 224
HDL 51
Trigs 97
LDL 152
Total/HDL Ratio 4.4
A1C 4.6

No idea what to do about these numbers. I refuse to go on a statin at 28. I walk 10k steps a day, workout 2 days a week and eat very clean. My diet has lots of fats in it. Been like that for years and I feel weak trying to eat a vegan/low sat fat diet. I get plenty of fiber and probably eat a pound of fruit a day.

Family history of heart disease on my dad’s side but they all spent decades eating sugar and candy. My paternal grandfather died from his diabetes. I rarely eat sugar. Moreover, my dad’s side has genetically high triglycerides which I do not.

Also read an article saying that high LDL with low triglycerides could likely indicate a diet high in healthy fats and that you have more of the fluffy safe LDL particles and not the smaller dense ones. Anyone with similar numbers?

If so, do you think this is gendered? Like men generally look better in person and women generally look worse?

Anyone experienced this? Like I stare at her pictures and have no scientific reason to explain why I’m not attracted to her, because she is objectively hot.

Hi! Suffered an injury to my rib cartilage around 4 years ago that never healed correctly. Since then my back muscles, shoulders, neck, and chest is incredibly tight and makes it difficult to breath, move around, etc. In fact the muscles are so tight I have diagnosed nerve compression which causes burning in my arms and facial flushing when irritated.

I’ve been on ibuprofen, muscle relaxers, Xanax, hydroxyzine, you name it. I’ve tried physical therapy, massage, TENS, dry needling. NONE of that has helped as much as alcohol. It is the only way to release the muscles around my ribcage and back.

I have two-three drinks then walk around 7k steps. I wake up the following day feeling like new. No more tightness in my back and chest. Obviously this isn’t a long term solution because certain movements will cause tension to come back, but what the hell. The only muscle relaxer I’ve been on is methocarbamol which I guess is one of the weaker ones? Gonna bring this up to my neurologist.

Made a post about this yesterday. Well, I went over there to build the bed frame and I will tell you, it’s exactly what most people in the comments thought would happen. I showed up to find this girl wearing a nightgown with nothing under it at 7pm.

While I was building the bed she tried to get as close to me as physically possible, touching my hands while I’m screwing stuff in, etc. When I finished she said “there must be some way I can thank you” and well… yeah I saw it coming from miles away. She wanted to test out the new bed.

I turned her down. It didn’t feel right. I explained that I’d just gotten dumped out of nowhere by a girl that spent a month love bombing me, talking about our plans to have kids and get married and travel the world. I’m trying to be so cautious in my relationships after that. Maybe I just don’t find this girl super attractive? I don’t know.

I still feel sick to my stomach that I rejected her. I mean it’s literally sex why would any dude say no. I could tell she was really putting in a lot of effort to flirt and make this happen. I kissed her on the cheek and gave her a hug when I left. Feeling like dirt 👍🏻

I don’t care either way I’ll help her out she’s like 5’1 tiny person, don’t mind building a bed frame it takes like 10 minutes. Just curious if this happens frequently, I see girls with “help me build furniture” on their hinge prompts all the time

29M dating in big city. Don’t want this to sound cliche but I think I’m being too nice and tolerant of abusive behavior simply because I don’t like being alone for very long?

Girls I date will tell me “people have said I’m cruel or emotionally abusive before … I used to do cocaine all the time but stopped”. Or they’ll ask me “do you think I’m selfish? Do you think I’m narcissistic? Maybe I’m just like that”

I ALWAYS give them the benefit of the doubt and every single time I end up getting burned and tossed aside like the relationship meant nothing to these women. I feel like I should really see the signs and leave before I get too invested but I’m blinded by the intense chemistry I often feel. The relationships also move really quickly, and it feels so good but maybe I need to take things slower?