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update: my sleep got much worse after not using the oral appliance for a week or so, so now i’m using it again + doing a lot of jaw stretches on the bright(er) side,

@Malcolm_Ocean

gave me the last push to try taping my mouth for sleep and it has been *shockingly* good

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

· May 23, 2021

it looks like the oral appliance i was using to treat my sleep apnea is causing temporomandibular joint issues so i'm gonna stop using it. now i have to deal with joint issues *and* sleep apnea :/ anyone have recs? apparently there are tongue exercises i can do???

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jun 9, 2021

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@QiaochuYuan

like i regularly wake up feeling actually rested now, maybe 30-50% of the time as opposed to like once a year. outrageously strong effect, i wouldn’t have believed it until i tried it.

@BreatheLesss

has a thread about this somewhere i’m too lazy to link if you want more info

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jun 9, 2021

alright felt bad about leaving this hanging so here’s the

@BreatheLesss

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@BreatheLesss

· Jul 9, 2020

Check out the mechanism behind taping your mouth: medium.com/@BreatheLess/t

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What do you use for taping? Is it something you'd recommend to try as an easy first step if the sleep/waking energy problems sound relatable?

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jun 9, 2021

literally just normal scotch tape i bought at target b/c i wanted to do an experiment as cheaply as possible

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I’ll try anything once* * a lot more than once

Dmitrijus Drozdovas

@DrozdovasD

Jun 10, 2021

Surgical tape is a better solution. I have to tap it a few times with my fingers to make it less sticky. Remember that lips have the thinnest layer of skin. Don’t want to be irritating them with chemicals and accidentally peeling bits off 🙈