What's CPAPening S1E1

Introducing the world to What's CPAPening and me.

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Testing 1 2, testing 1 2. I'm not sure if you snap this before or after or when you snap it. This is What's Seep Happening, Episode 1, Season 1, or maybe it's Season 1, Episode 1. Snap. I got my sleeve in there that time. For a podcast it probably doesn't even matter because you guys don't see what I'm doing, but I'm also videotaping it if anyone's curious and wants to see it. I'll put it on something. Who knows? Patreon, OnlyFans, I don't know. It'll be somewhere. so that's what this little clicker thing is all about. So yeah, this is Julie. This is the What's CPAPin Em podcast. A podcast where I may or may not be wearing a CPAP, but I will always have one close by. So, why a CPAP, you might ask? why not? Who else is doing it? No, seriously, are there other people doing it? I need to know, because maybe this is a really bad idea. I will tell you that, first of all, this podcast is not going to be all about CPAPs. I can guarantee you that. Maybe just this episode, and then if other people want to talk about CPAPs along the way, we can. But I'm not going to talk about CPAPs in every episode. Because I don't think there is enough content to talk about CPAPs. But I will say that my CPAP is my most significant relationship. so that is why I am a CPAP evangelist. For those of you that don't know about CPAPs, basically, I'll tell you this. I have sleep apnea. So what that means is that when I lay down, The fat in my neck tries to choke me out, so I have to wear a mask to stay alive at night. And people said that wasn't going to be sexy in the bedroom, but they were wrong. It fulfills two fantasies, mine of being a fighter pilot, and all of my sexual partners of banging one. So, Highway to the Danger Zone, you guys, that is our theme song. And I just ruined Top Gun for all of you. And just so you know, I have a lot of sexual partners just as my friends. It's, there's, it goes on for miles. So, don't even question whether or not I've just been with one person my whole life. Because it's, there are a lot, a lot of sexual partners out there that I've had. So, my body count is huge. I just, I don't even think it can be quantified, you guys. also, if you're looking for a polished, Well edited podcast. This is not for you. Keep clicking or scrolling You find about I don't even know how you find about guys, but just keep moving because this will not Be the podcast for you. I am random. I Just kind of start talking and then I go off on a tangent or a rhombus or whatever other Mathematical objects, I want. And so, yeah, I'm not, I'm not a linear, like, I don't think like that. So, if you need something that is very point A to point B, you are not going to get it here. It's not, but if you want a crazy ass ride, then buckle up because I will give it to you. And also, if you don't like swearing, then that was just your first warning that That is what you're going to get here. I swear a lot, and that was light, so you've now been warned. in terms of my randomness, I will tell you this. A little back story. So I saw a psychologist, or a psychiatrist a few years ago because I thought I had ADHD. And so we went through all this testing and he asked me a bunch of questions. And I told him, you know, I was a stand up comedian. very part time, but that's what I, well, I was doing it more then than I do it now. But I was telling him about that. We did all this stuff and then when we got through. And he was giving me the assessment. He said, Yes, you have ADHD, but I think for your profession, and, you know, being a director, I think it's good that you're not on medication because then you can balance from project to project more successfully than if you had medication and you were more focused. Now he meant, because I was a comedian, he thought all comedians naturally wanted to be movie directors and go into that field. So that's what he was thinking. In my mind, I thought, how does this man know that my ideal job is the non profit director? And I said that, I said, how, how did you know? We didn't talk about this. How did you know that I wanted to be a non profit director? That's amazing. And I don't see how that fits in. He's like, no, I meant movie director. So that is kind of a little bit about how random My brain thinks versus how others think and so that is kind of what you're going to get here And so that is your warning to move along if you cannot handle a little bit of randomness Also, I do want to talk a little bit I know I said we're not gonna talk about CPAPs all the time, but I do just want to, on this episode, talk about sleep. My sleep has been really screwed up lately, and so I want to talk about sleep apnea, how I got diagnosed, and stuff like that, for people that don't know about sleep apnea. Because I am a sleep app evangelist, and I do, like I said, my sleep app is my most significant relationship. So, 20 some years ago, I was going through something called, what I found out was sleep paralysis. I don't know if anyone has had this, but basically When I was waking up, sometimes from like a nap or, sleeping, I couldn't move my arms or my legs at first when I'd wake up. Like, I, I just, I couldn't move them. Like, nothing would get out of bed. And I would try to flail them back and forth, and nothing was moving. And then I'd try and scream, because it's terrifying. And that wouldn't work either. And it didn't last long. But when you're going through that it feels like an eternity it feels like oh my gosh This is crazy, but it didn't in reality. It did not last very long So so that's what I was going through and so I told my doctor and he said that is a sign of sleep apnea, so he sent me to A doctor to get a sleep study. Now, for those of you who get a sleep study now, you're kind of coddled, I think, because I think you're allowed to do the study at home, but back. A couple decades ago, I was not allowed to do that. I had to go to a hospital and have that study done and so I picked a hospital by my house that I wasn't familiar with. I didn't even know it existed, but it was near my house. So I picked a hospital and then when I got there, I went there at night. You go there kind of into your nightly bedtime routine. So I got there at night and it looked abandoned. It looked like. A hospital that they would investigate on an episode of Scooby Doo, like it was kind of terrifying and I thought there's no way this is where I'm going to go do my sleep study and sleep for the night. Like it was kind of frightening and I was like calling home and thinking, I can't, I'm not sleeping here. This is weird. So I went in and I met someone at the desk and it was the right place. And she explained to me that this was an old abandoned hospital or defunct hospital, wasn't in operation anymore, but that half of the hospital was now a hospice. Where people were dying. And then the other half of the hospital was a sleep study institute. Where people were supposed to wake up in the morning. So yeah, that, that was an interesting concept, I thought. So she takes me up to my room, and the rooms look kind of like a bedroom. There's like, you know, like a bed and everything, and like a little, nightstand, and chair and bathroom and stuff like that and you go get dressed like you're ready for bed, and then they stick all these electrodes all over your head and face and like chest and stuff like that and then You sit there and watch TV or read a book or magazine and kind of do your nightly Wind down routine and then go to bed at your normal hour and then when you're sleeping They are taught, they're watching you through a TV screen and then they're talking to you and they're giving you directions, which you don't really notice. I mean, you're following. It's weird because you're following their direction, but you're not like, you're not awake. You're obviously sleeping, but they're telling you to like, roll on your back or your stomach or your side so they can see if you're storing. So, in my case, I was snoring and. When I was snoring, and I knew I'd be snoring because I've snored my whole life. I never, as a child I never slept a whole night in my life because of my snoring. So I was snoring and I was having apneas or waking myself up 17 times an hour I would stop breathing and so It was quite obvious that I had CPAP, and they actually came in and they put a CPAP mask on me, like, early on in the evening, and I used that, and that was, like, from there on out, it was CPAP city, like, the next morning, I did their little orientation, I took a CPAP home, and I've been wearing a CPAP. I've worn a CPAP every night, except one night when I had a stroke. Super super bad congested cold. I've worn it every night for 20 some years and it has been My best friend like there'll be days when I will just go in My bedroom and put the c pap on and lie on the bed And wear that thing and just listen to it blow a little bit because I love it so much And I know there are people out there who absolutely hate The CPAP, but I love it, like, it's so comforting and so soothing to me, and I don't know you guys, I just, it's so good, and even now, I've gotten to the point where I really don't snore anymore, and I don't need it necessarily, because when I meet with my doctor every year, they're like, yeah, you're getting to the point where, and I'm like, nope, I'm gonna keep using it. I actually took my CPAP, and I found out on Google how to change the settings, and I bumped it up to the highest pressure, just because I love It's so much and I want the highest pressure blowing and I know that's insane and people are like what is wrong with you? But that is like I like the white noise of it. I like everything about it and You can fight me on it. If you want another therapy if you want that mouth guard or that Implants go for it. You can fight me on the CPAP I love it. So, that's why we're What's Seep Happening, you guys. It's, it's my jam. as far as sleeping, I don't know about anyone else, but I have been a bad sleeper my whole life. when I was a kid, and now even as an adult, I was a sleepwalker. And a sleep talker. I don't know if anyone else goes through this. So as a child, I I was sleep talking all the time. There was times where my aunt would come from out of town and stay with us and she would find me. Like I would sit straight up in my bed and I'd be talking. She asked my mom if I spoke Chinese because she saw me sitting in bed speaking what she thought was Chinese. And then other times they saw me doing what they thought was karate in my sleep, so I don't, I've never, as a child or adult, been to any, exposed to anything Asian like that. I wish I had. I wish I knew how to speak Chinese. I wish I knew karate. but obviously I'm more successful in my sleep than in my waking life. also as a kid, I used to sleepwalk a lot. My mom was always In the middle of the night chasing me down, like she would find me, I had a problem with. going to the bathroom and stuff like, like one night as a little kid, I pulled out the little stool that you use to like stand up and, when you're a kid, like stand up and brush your teeth like I was peeing on that one night I pulled the wastebasket out from under the sink and I, was peeing in that. That's, that's real classy as a, As a girl, child. another night she found me, outside on the front steps at 2 a. m. bawling my eyes out. Because my neighbors refused to come out and play with me. I was knocking on their door at 2 a. m. asking them. to come out and play with me. And they refused to open the door, even acknowledge that I was there. And so I was very upset. I was just standing on our front steps crying. So that is frightening for a parent, that your child would leave the house and go wandering. So, my mom never slept well as, as I was growing up because I never slept well, so that was nice. what else? As an adult, I still sleep walk and sleep talk. Like, I have full on conversations with people I swear are in the room and are not. I need to put a camera in there because, it's, it's something else. I also, like I've gotten up and I've rearranged the spice racks. I've done stuff like that. Yeah, I've woken up with like all the doors in the house open, which is quite frightening. That's, that's unsettling. When you, unlock all the doors and just open them, just free to the world. yeah, so I'm, yeah, I'm quite delightful. I do feel like with the sleep, the sleep apnea, like, and the fact that I grew up, like, Waking myself up and not breathing 17 times an hour. Sometimes I think I wish I had the opportunity to see my parents because with the sleepwalking and the sleep apnea, like they should have known. That I was killing my brain cells. I could have been way more successful. I could have been paying for a life of luxury for them. You know, like I could have been, who knows what I would have, I could have invented stuff. I could have been, I could have been amazing. I could have been something. Instead, look at me. I'm just a stay at home dog mom, comedian. and podcaster who's talking about her CPAP. That's all I got going for me right now. So thanks, Mom and Dad, for letting me kill off all those brain cells through childhood and early adulthood. You could have had an easy life, but instead, you just got me at my most raw. But thanks for loving me anyways. Well, friends, if you've made it this far, I appreciate you for sticking around. That's a little bit about what you're going to get. I already have an idea about what I'm going to talk about next time. I think I'm going to talk about being a stay at home dog mom. So hopefully. I can, I can come up with some ideas for that, so stay tuned. You can reach me on social media at TheBainiac, I'm TheBainiac on most everything, that's T H E B A N I A C. Or you can email me if you have any ideas on what you want me to talk about, or any suggestions. You can email me at whatseepappadden at gmail. com. Thanks again for listening. Have a great week. I hope you come back. Bye!