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I think we're just gonna hop on into this diagnosis.
It's not really a one particular diagnosis like we did last time.
I decided to go ahead and research common sleep disorders.
I know that we've talked about narcolepsy before in the past, so I didn't include that here.
If you want to hear more about that, you can go listen to the narcolepsy episode.
We break that one down.
This is just gonna be, I think there's like eight common sleep disorders, no particular order.
Just something that I thought was pretty interesting.
So we're just gonna go on and get started.
So the first one is insomnia.
A lot of people know about insomnia.
A lot of people experience insomnia.
It's defined as persistent problems falling asleep and or staying asleep.
And while it's very common to experience symptoms of this, it does require a diagnosis to say that you have insomnia.
Otherwise you would be experiencing symptoms of insomnia.
So most cases of insomnia are related to poor sleep habits, depression, anxiety, lack of exercise, chronic illness,
or even certain medications which kind of make sense.
Some medications are stimulants that will keep you up.
So I know I said that it's super common and I'm sure like pretty much everyone listening has either known someone that has insomnia
or has experienced it themselves, but it's actually only reported that about 30 to 40% of adults in the U.S.
have experienced insomnia at least once a year.
Interesting.
So it was a lower number than I thought.
I thought it was gonna be like up in the 80s.
Yeah, 60s or 70s.
Yeah, exactly.
But that is probably like medical insomnia and not like alcohol related or caffeine related or anything like that.
Right.
Because there's differences in the types.
Now short-term insomnia may be caused by stress or changes in your schedule or the environment.
And it usually lasts for a few days or even a week.
In order to be diagnosed with chronic insomnia, it has to occur for three or more nights a week.
It has to be occurring for the last three months and cannot be explained by another health problem or supplement.
It's also common for a doctor to ask someone with suspected insomnia to keep like a sleep log of sorts
if they kind of see like when they wake up and when they go to sleep and all that good stuff.
That's a good suggestion just I think for anybody that's maybe difficult.
You know what I mean?
Like the patterns.
Yeah.
Just to like recognize the pattern because there's definitely been times where I've gone two to three days without really sleeping.
Extra super depressing time but you know, but that's interesting if there's like a pattern and you do it over the course of a few months.
Well, and then it's like if you fall asleep and then you wake up at 2.30 and you pee or whatever.
Okay, I woke up at 2.30 or whatever.
Right.
Or if you just woke up and rolled over and you recognized it, right?
Never mind that sounds like a terrible idea.
I would never do that.
Yeah.
Just go back to bed.
Well, what would be cool like with today's technology is if you could have like a like on your phone or something open and you just roll over and you just like touch it.
And then you just like if you like if you remember if you're cognitive enough instead of having to like sit up and get a light and write.
Well, some people have smart watches.
That's true.
Yeah.
It tells you when you, you know what?
Hello.
I just created something.
No, I didn't.
Narcissist.
Nobody's better than me.
Usually most cases of insomnia can be cured by getting to the root cause of why a person cannot sleep and taking steps to prevent the cause rather than taking steps to sleep.
Hmm.
In more serious cases such as chronic insomnia, complex treatments may be needed to relieve the disorder.
The most common form of treatment for chronic insomnia is cognitive behavioral therapy and medications such as sedatives to manage the disorder.
Which is interesting that said medication can cause insomnia, but it can also treat insomnia.
Yeah.
If someone is suffering from chronic insomnia, it's best to seek treatment because untreated insomnia can actually affect your memory and concentration.
It can also increase your risk of high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Whoa.
Yeah.
There's some major players there.
I was like, oh, okay, maybe I should go get checked out.
Number two.
Coming in at number two.
Number two is that.
What a hundred.
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And the number two is actually snoring.
Oh.
Now snoring is not necessarily considered a diagnosable disorder, but it is one of the most common things that people struggle with while sleeping.
It affects actually up to 40% of men and 20% of women on a regular basis.
Now snoring gets worse when a person gets...
Person...
Whoa.
Now snoring gets worse when a person gets older or gains weight and this can also lead to other health problems as well.
These are not the only things that cause snoring, however, other things can induce snoring such as late stage pregnancy, irregularly shaped bones in the face, swelling of the tonsils and adenoids, alcohol consumption, anahistamine or sleeping pill use, having an above average tongue size, and sicknesses like allergies or cold.
I can attest to the alcohol use because I never snore worse than what I'm drinking early.
Same.
I always know when Kenna's wasted because I can hear her through the window...
You're through the window.
You're through the window late at night.
You're through the walls and we share a bathroom in between her rooms.
I can hear you snoring when I pee in the middle of the night, yeah.
But it's really...it's usually quiet.
No, thanks.
You snore.
I'm the best snore.
I just...my snore is just so cute.
This is the best.
This is tiny.
I feel like there's at least four to seven other comments we could make about everything
you just listed.
The biggest...above average tongue size.
Terri Kure is in a win.
Call me.
Sorry, I got a big tongue.
So the biggest problem with snoring is not necessarily the act of snoring but the way
that it affects your sleep.
Snoring can be a sign of sleep apnea, another sleeping disorder, and it can be disruptive
to a person's significant other or anyone else in the room during the night.
This can cause a domino effect on both people's lifestyle if it persists in keeping them from
a good night's sleep.
It can also lead into, you know, being restlessness and, you know, being lethargic and all that
stuff during the day.
If snoring becomes a chronic problem, there are steps that can be taken to prevent it from
happening.
You can prescribe a dental device to keep your tongue from blocking your airway.
Oh, that's interesting.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, losing weight can also positively affect sleep by reducing snoring.
And in serious cases, some people may need surgery to correct a blockage in the airway
that would cause a snoring to occur.
Lastly, some easy steps to prevent snoring may help someone that is not at the chronic
stage.
These include using nasal strips, not drinking alcohol or taking a sedative before bedtime.
Ooh, who wants to do that?
Who wants to do that?
Maintaining a healthy weight and trying to sleep on your side instead of on your back.
And that's usually when I wake up, when I wake myself up from snoring, I'm on my back
every time.
Same, yeah, same, I've noticed that as well.
Number three, obstructive sleep apnea.
So I just mentioned that in snoring.
So there are several types of sleep apnea, but obstructive sleep apnea is the most common.
This type of apnea occurs when your throat muscles intermittently relax and block your
brain during sleep, causing your body to lose oxygen for a minute and usually results in
the person waking up for a second or more without the knowledge that that ever happened.
It can be scary because you don't realize that you're-
We wake up gasping.
Yes, but usually when you wake up gasping, it's not a fully awake.
It's like a partial awake, so you just go back to sleep.
Right, well, yeah, it's your brain going like, okay, breathe idiot.
Hello.
You still there?
Shit.
Anybody home?
This will occur over and over while the person is asleep and can become dangerous if the
person loses too much oxygen.
Results of this diagnosis are excessive tiredness, awakening with a dry mouth or sore throat,
morning headache, difficulty concentrating during the day, mood changes such as depression
or irritability, high blood pressure and decreased libido, which I thought was interesting.
Interesting.
About 30 million people in the U.S. have been known to have been diagnosed with sleep apnea
of some kind.
Usually, when a person makes an appointment with their doctor to discuss sleep apnea,
they will be sent home, bear with me, with a nocturnal polysomnography device that will
monitor their heart, lung and brain activity, breathing patterns, arm and leg movements,
and blood oxygen levels during the night.
That's a lot.
It is.
If the results of this test indicate abnormal activity, this usually means a person is affected
by sleep apnea and they will take steps to treat it.
Most commonly, someone with sleep apnea will be given a continuous positive airway pressure
machine or a CPAP as it is more commonly known.
With this machine, the air pressure is greater than that of the surrounding air and is just
enough to keep a person's upper airway open, preventing snoring and apnea.
Once a person is using a CPAP machine, they usually use it for the remainder of their
life.
Oh wow.
Because you can't really sleep well without it.
Another option to treat apnea is an oral appliance.
This is designed to keep your mouth open in order to allow better airflow, although a
CPAP machine is much more reliable than the mouth device.
So the CPAP forces air into your throat so that it doesn't have forces but is a little
bit more pressurized?
Yeah, it keeps the airway open.
So it attaches to your nose.
Usually there's some that go over your whole face and there's some that just go over your
nose, but either way it's a continuous flow of air, almost like oxygen in a hospital.
But it's pressurized so that it keeps the airway open to prevent your throat from closing.
That's why you wake up with a sore throat.
So even if it works like be closed, it would still kind of force oxygen down there.
Pretty much.
It kind of prevents it from closing in general.
If none of these treatments work, a person may be suggested for surgery to prevent their
sleep apnea, but this is generally only after a three month trial with each treatment plan
passed to make sure that that's the only option left.
What kind of surgery would they have for that?
This surgery includes a number of different procedures depending on what the person's
situation is and can include tissue shrinkage, so like your throat tissue, jaw repositioning,
implants, nerve simulation, and or a tracheostomy or creating a new airway passage.
It would literally essentially carve out a new...
Trachea?
A passageway for air.
Yeah.
Doesn't sound fun.
That does not sound fun at all.
But I mean, you know, gotta breathe.
Yeah.
I'd rather do that than not breathe.
Gotta, you know, live.
Number four.
Number four is sleep-related hypoventilation.
Sleep-related hypoventilation.
So the muscles that we use to breathe need to be told to do so by the brain, but when
you sleep, there is less drive to do this from the brain as it should be automatic, right,
when you sleep.
People that have weak breathing muscles or lung disease may not be able to breathe strongly
enough during sleep, causing them to not be able to get enough oxygen as they need.
This is known as sleep-related hypoventilation or SRH.
This disorder usually occurs in children due to their bodies being smaller and not being
able to work as strongly as an adult.
And also in people with underlying medical problems usually having to do with the lungs.
This disorder is prevalent in about 2 to 7% of U.S. individuals, so it's really uncommon.
And like I always said, this is common sleep disorders, and it's like, this is not common.
This is a common sleep disorder that affects only 2% of people.
Yeah.
Because of the lower oxygen levels during sleep for people with SRH, their levels of carbon
dioxide increase, making it dangerous for their balance of chemicals in their body.
Because I guess they can only inhale so much and then they exhale but not all the way.
So they're like kind of recycling the carbon dioxide.
That's really interesting, yeah.
In order to diagnose SRH, daytime diagnostic tests would be performed such as lung function
tests, assessment of respiratory muscle strength, measurement of daytime oxygen levels, and
capillary blood gas tests.
Yes.
If these tests suggest that someone may be experiencing SRH, they will then perform a sleep study in
which the person would stay overnight in a sleep unit.
During this time, sensors are stuck on the person's body in order to record respiratory
rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation, chest wall movement, airflow, measurement of carbon
dioxide, and video and sound recording.
I would be so uncomfortable.
I wouldn't sleep.
I always think that too whenever you see people like, oh, join the sleep study or whatever.
I'm like, that sounds miserable.
Yeah.
And you're trying to see if I have insomnia.
Like, no, I'm not going to sleep.
I'm going to have insomnia.
Yeah.
Like induced insomnia.
Signs and symptoms of SRH may include morning headache, restless sleep, daytime tiredness,
and difficulty concentrating at school, making it hard to diagnose in children as all of
these are common symptoms for every child.
I find it interesting that one of the common symptoms thus far of these disorders that you've
already talked about is waking up with a headache.
Yeah.
So why do you think that is?
Just because like your brain is, well, you know what?
Because your brain's probably not getting the oxygen it needs.
Probably.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Yeah, I was thinking that too because I mean, I wake up with a headache all the time, but
it's probably because of the drinking.
For me at least.
Oh, shit.
Another similar diagnosis is known as obesity-related hyperventilation, usually occurring in adults
that have been diagnosed with sleep apnea.
Treatment for hyperventilation in general include ventilation machines that help a person
breathe better, oxygen therapy, or even the same tube or the surgery to treat sleep apnea,
the tracheostomy.
Tracheostomy.
Those are just in chronic cases though.
CPAP machines may also be given to patients with SRH.
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Number five.
Restless Leg Syndrome.
Okay, tell me about Restless Leg Syndrome.
I really need to know.
I'm not going to tell you about that, but I'll tell you about Restless Leg Syndrome.
It just seems to be a common side effect for a lot of medications.
It seems to be like everyone has it.
It's just like a cop out for being jittery.
But is that what it is?
No.
Okay, because that's what I thought.
I was like, Restless Leg Syndrome, you ever get that feeling when you're laying down and
you're like, kick, kick, kick?
No, I did ask, I think I have this.
I'm not even trying to be that person.
I really think I have this.
I'm the best at having Restless Leg Syndrome.
I have the most restless legs.
People with Restless Leg Syndrome most commonly have an uncomfortable feeling in their legs
which only goes away when the person shakes or move their legs.
The intenseness of this feeling can vary throughout the day, but for most people it is the worst
during the late evening and throughout the night causing their sleep to be disrupted
most of the time.
So it's like growing pains when you're laying down and you have to move because it will help.
You know what I mean?
I know exactly what you mean.
Yeah, it's similar.
It's like an O-Sie.
But I didn't know if that was the same thing because I was speaking Restless Leg Syndrome
as in like that.
Completely unconscious.
No, it's definitely conscious.
Yeah.
I thought it was like, okay, so obviously y'all aren't here with us so you can't see.
When she said like that, she was pointing to my leg that is bouncing as I'm sitting.
Yeah.
That's what she was saying because no one else can see my leg.
Right.
But I thought it was like a neurological thing like a Parkinson's.
Yeah.
So that it's a conscious thing.
It is a conscious thing.
And I thought that same thing.
So RLS is one of several disorders that can cause exhaustion and daytime sleepiness, strongly
affecting one's mood, concentration, job and school performance and even personal relationships.
Because you have them in bed with your specific.
And they're like, stop making your legs talk in the middle of the night.
It is estimated that up to 7 to 10% of the US population suffers from Restless Leg Syndrome,
occurring in both men and women, although women are more likely than men to have this
syndrome.
Interesting.
Individuals that are severely affected are middle aged or older and the symptoms typically
get worse with age.
Middle aged.
Right.
I thought it was like teenage and older.
Yeah.
And also not accounting for things like anxiety or anything else that might be neurological.
Because again, a lot of people might not know that they have it.
Yeah, that's true.
More than 80% of people with RLS also experience Periodic Limb Movement of Sleep or PLMS.
This is characterized by involuntary leg and sometimes arm twitching or jerking movements
during sleep that typically occur every 15 to 40 seconds, sometimes throughout the night.
That happens to me.
I'm not feeling in bed and all of a sudden my whole body, not my body, but my leg or
my arm will just twitch.
It's not the equilibrium thing?
No.
I'll be awake, completely awake.
Oh, I see.
Yeah, no.
So this is different, I guess, because this is during sleep.
John has clocked me with a few elbows back in his heyday.
Oh no.
A few.
And I was like, he hit me so hard once, I was like, there's no way that's not going
to be a black guy.
It was so hard.
Geez.
Yeah.
People with RLS also develop PLMS, most people with PLMS do not experience Restless Leg Syndrome.
Restless Leg Syndrome can be caused by a number of different things such as end stage renal
disease, iron deficiency, certain medications, use of alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine, and
pregnancy, especially in the later trimester, as well as nerve damage.
The five basic criteria for clinically diagnosing the disorder are a strong urge to move the
legs that is often associated with abnormal or uncomfortable sensations.
The urge to move the legs starts or gets worse during rest or inactivity.
The urge to move the legs is at least temporarily or partially relieved by movement.
The urge to move the legs starts or is aggravated at night, and the above four features are
not better explained by another medical condition.
So it's pretty cut and dry.
Yeah.
Does it relieve the uncomfortability when you take your leg?
Yes.
Does it happen at night?
Yes.
Iron supplements or medications are usually helpful in treating RLS, but there is no one
medication that is typically prescribed for this disorder.
Typical treatments include lifestyle changes with increased activity and decreased alcohol,
nicotine, and caffeine, anti-seizure drugs, dopamine agents, benzodiazepines, and even
opioids.
Really?
Very interesting, right?
Well, I guess they're all kind of like downer.
True.
You know, downers of the...
Zabenzos.
Number six.
Number six is bruxism.
Bruxism.
I've never heard of it.
You have.
It involves the grinding of teeth during sleep.
It is considered a sleep-related movement disorder.
It has a comorbidity with other sleep disorders as well, such as snoring and sleep apnea.
I dated a guy who at night, it's like a train was coming through the room.
It was so loud, it would wake me up.
That's...
Oh, that's gotta be a dream.
I know.
I was like, dude, how do you live like that?
Bruxism affects nearly 15 to 40% of children and only 8 to 10% of adults in the United States.
Some cases of bruxism will not require treatment, but chronic cases may become frequent enough
to lead to jaw disorders, headaches, damaged teeth, and other problems, so treatment is
recommended for these cases.
Most people that have bruxism don't even realize that they do until it starts to cause
damage, so for someone that has a slight case, they may never even realize that they have
it.
Symptoms of this disorder include teeth grinding or clenching mostly at night, teeth that are
flattened, fractured, chipped, or loose, worn tooth enamel, increased tooth pain or sensitivity,
tired or tight jaw muscles, or lock jaw, dull headaches started in the temples, damage of
the cheeks, and sleep disruption.
I know.
If chronic bruxism goes untreated, it can cause complications such as severe tooth damage,
chronic headaches, severe facial or jaw pain, and disorders that occur in the joints located
in front of the ears, which causes a clicking sound while chewing.
When treatment is necessary, it can include things such as splints and mouth guards designed
to keep teeth separate while sleeping, and dental corrections such as reshaping the teeth
permanently.
Oh wow.
Other treatments such as stress or anxiety management, behavior change, and biofeedback
which is changing the muscle activity in your jaw can help.
Medications that can be prescribed but are not very effective for all cases of bruxism
are muscle relaxants, Botox injections, and anxiety or stress medication.
The Botox, I wonder just like in the muscle itself I guess?
Yeah, maybe.
It's a strength in it.
Number seven.
This is sleep talking, sleep walking, and other automatic behaviors.
Most common in children, sleep talking or walking is when a person is partially awake
and their brain takes over without their knowledge to do things that they would normally do while
they are awake.
Usually people grow out of sleep walking as they reach adulthood, but it is seen in about
17% of children and only about 4% of adults.
Sleep talking is seen in about half of children and only about 5% of adults.
The interesting thing about sleep walking is that there are not negative factors that
cause it.
It only occurs in very healthy people, so there's usually no treatment recommended for
it.
Interesting.
Because there's no disorder, like the illness that comes along with it.
Usually treatment is only suggested when the disorder lingers into adulthood and the
episodes become potentially dangerous.
Like violence.
Or, yeah, or if they're like going out to the pool or something, or you know, things
like that.
Yeah, I mean you can't treat the person, you just put a latch on the back door.
Yeah, exactly.
High up or something.
Because sleep walking is a side effect of multiple different medications, most common
treatment is to eliminate meds and switch the one that's causing it.
If this does not work, other treatment may include sleep hygiene, such as avoiding drugs,
alcohol before bed, and sleep deprivation medications such as antidepressants and benzos,
even in severe cases, cognitive behavioral therapy.
This is just for really severe cases.
Sleep talking is rarely severe enough to require treatment, but consistent and severe sleep
talking may be a sign of a more serious sleep disorder that would need treatment.
In extremely rare cases, medication can be used to treat sleep talking.
I guess it would only get you in trouble if you admitted to cheating on your wife.
Yeah, exactly.
And during sleep.
Number eight.
This is going to be the last one that I have.
And again, these are in no particular order, which is number eight.
Rapid eye movement behavior disorder.
The period that a person experiences the best sleep is during their REM sleep, REM, in which
all of their muscles and limbs are usually completely relaxed and still.
The difference in somebody that has REMBD is the fact that their muscles do not reach
this relaxed state, and this usually results in them acting out their dreams, involving
movement and lashing out.
This disorder occurs in about 0.5 to 1.25% of the general population.
Very rare.
And it's actually more likely to happen in people with Parkinson's disease, multiple
system atrophy and dementia.
It's also, it can be an indicator that someone will develop one of these diseases in the
future.
Interesting.
Criteria of this disorder includes having repeated amounts of arousal during sleep where
you talk, make noises, or perform complex motor behaviors such as punching, kicking,
or running movements, often relating to the content of your dream.
Also recalling dreams associated with these movement or sounds, if you awaken during
the episode alert and not confused or disoriented, and if your sleep disturbance is not caused
by other illness or disorder.
It is suggested that if you suffer from REMBD that you should take the necessary steps to
prevent injury, including patting the floor near the bed, removing dangerous objects from
the bedroom such as weapons, and placing barriers on the side of the bed, as well as moving
furniture and clutter away from the bed, protecting windows, and possibly even sleeping
in a separate bedroom from your significant other until the symptoms are under control.
Oh my gosh.
Common medications that are used for treatment are melatonin and colonopin.
Interesting. So those are the eight sleep disorders that I wanted to discuss.
Of course I have celebrities.
Celebrities.
I have celebrities.
Well it's interesting because in the last mental breakdown that we did, you mentioned
Madonna.
And Madonna is also on my list.
For what?
So in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Madonna discussed how she has been plagued
with decades-long insomnia stating, quote, one of my assistants just found one of my
journals from 1991.
I'm complaining the same way about not being able to sleep in 1991 as I am right now.
Like some things never change.
Wow.
Yeah, sadly.
That's really interesting.
George Clooney, he has admitted on various occasions that he doesn't sleep well, suffering
from insomnia as well.
He states that his mind will race and he'll have to turn on the TV like super loud to
drown out his thoughts.
That's me.
I can't fall asleep without the TV on.
I know you either.
Otherwise, I'll just, my mind will race.
It's the ADD though.
I know it is.
I don't like darkness and I don't like silence.
You say the same thing.
Yeah.
Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga stated that she suffers from sleep deprivation.
She was quoted by the UK's OK Magazine, quote, my passion is so strong I can't sleep.
I haven't slept for three days.
Number four is Rosie O'Donnell.
Rosie O'Donnell was diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2007.
She opened up about her diagnosis on The View during an interview where she shared that
she has over 200 micro awakenings a night and once stopped breathing for 40 seconds.
What?
During the sleep, like study that they did on her before she was diagnosed.
Wow.
Yeah.
Isn't that wild?
That's so scary.
I had sleep apnea when I was pregnant.
It was terrifying.
Yeah, it was really terrifying.
Yeah, and I think that's why, you know, similar to the way that it presents in people that
are heavier or people that have gained weight, especially over a shorter amount of time,
when I would lay on my back, baby would be like pushed into you.
And it would just stop.
Like, you would just stop breathing in the middle of the night.
It was scary.
And Justin would have to push me and push me over.
He would be like, roll over.
You can't breathe.
Number five is Shaquille O'Neal.
He was featured in a sleep apnea video in 2015 by the Division of Sleep Medicine at the
Harvard Med School to bring awareness.
In the video, he explains how important it is to find a CPAP machine that fits you correctly.
So that works.
Oh, wow.
What a great bit of work for him to do, too.
Yeah.
Because he's such a big guy.
You wouldn't really think about that, right?
Exactly.
Number six is Reggie White.
I didn't know who he was.
Famous NFL Hall of Famer.
He was a part-time minister, WWE wrestler, and twice named NFL defensive player of the
year.
In 2004, he was at home when he unfortunately suffered a fatal cardiac arrest compounded
by complications of sleep apnea.
Wow.
And he was 43.
So number seven is Florence Welch, the lead singer from Florence and the Machine.
She spoke about her childhood sleep terror saying, quote, I hate it when I'm tired or
stressed or overtired.
My body just keeps me on overdrive.
I'm just dreaming loads.
I can't quite sleep in a dark room by myself because I'm always imagining something creeping
in the dark corner or looking through the window.
So that's like a, I didn't put that in my list, but that's like a sleep terror.
And last but not least, we have Jennifer Aniston.
I love Jen Ann.
Me too.
Jennifer Aniston is an apparent sleepwalker.
She once discussed how when she was married to Brad Pitt, quote, I sleepwalk, I set off
our alarm once, I was outside and I was out by the pool equipment in the back.
I don't know what I was doing.
I heard this yelling because he's terrified.
He hears the alarm and I'm not there.
That is so scary.
Yeah, so that's my mental breakdown.
I just wanted to have pepperons and celebrities.
Some pepperon things.
It was like peppering things.
Yeah, it was.
But yeah, we hope you guys are liking these and excited that we brought these back.
We're definitely going to keep on keeping on.
Keep on keeping on.
I have the whole DSM5, so we can just go through like, we can do an endless amount of content.
Yeah.
Yeah, join us next week when we bring another case.
Please continue to download.
We've reached like 10,200 downloads by now, which is exciting.
Comment on our Instagram, message us, like hang out with us if you want to give us a
shout via email or anything like that.
We love to hear from you guys and we want you to keep doing that.
So that is all I have.
Anything else?
I'm just really burpy.
Oh no.
All right.
Love you.
Bye.
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