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Re: Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety

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Post by bitL »

grugagag wrote: post #168
bitL wrote: post #112

Hey, what problem could you diagnose when I am getting vertigo after following either recharge or relaxation exercises?

You’re probably hyperventilating. Try breathing less laboriously, have a more relaxed breathing

I followed the instructions in the app, so the breathing was slower than normally. Hypoventilation?

Re: Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety

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Kukumber wrote: post #38

"free with in-app purchases" What a boring future, "pay $9.99 to unlock this secret tip to survive in case you have trouble breathing!" health is not a thing that should available with a pay-wall, we must advocate for a better world

For me, it is showing $22.

Re: Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety

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Post by lukko »

prox wrote: post #182
lukko wrote: post #75

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Thanks, that's very useful feedback. At the moment, the camera isn't utilised to its full potential - it is used to guide positioning rather than measuring accessory muscles or shoulder movement. I think overall adding sensors to the experience does add something, and hopefully with more development the app could alert the user to things like hyperventilation and dysfunctional breathing patterns.

I just bought it, the microphone doesn’t seem to do a lot (and I don’t gave access to camera) but I will try it out later. It’s a well thought app. The core function is really good, I will enjoy trying out the different exercises! The design of the homescreen could be better, looks a bit cluttered. Maybe some background information if it takes off in the future would be nice for people who don’t know the science behi…

Have a quick look here if you think the mic input is not working correctly: https://www.lungy.app/how-to. If that doesn't help, please send a message to - hello [at] lungy dot app

I agree the home screen could be clearer and the layout could be improved on the exercises to include more info. Thank you for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety

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Post by jackschultz »

darkwater wrote: post #190
jackschultz wrote: post #108

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+2 for taping mouth shut. I read the book a week ago, said, why not. Instant improvement. Before, I'd have to wake up to go to the bathroom every night for the past 10 years, and when I woke up I'd have this eye pain every day leading to these giant eye bags. On top of those, if I didn't get that last sleep cycle in, I'd have to take a nap to get rid of this weird headache which made the time in the morning before na…

I think I would staying awake at least the first nights just by the thought that I have my mouth shut, and "what if I cannot breath and I die", or "this is so uncomfortable" etc etc. How did you manage that?

Yeah, the first two nights I woke up decently alert a couple times which I took to be my body telling me that something might be wrong and I should check it out.

I never felt a sense of uncomfortableness, it felt almost comfortable for me as if the tape was making me feel more secure, maybe? Similarly I didn't have the worry about not being able to breathe and not know about it. In both those cases, don't feel weird about wearing some around when waking and you can get used to it.

The other mindset to have is remember that our bodies are really incredible at things after millions of years of evolution. Nose breathing especially is something we're able to do. That acknowledgement and trust can go a long way mentally.

Re: Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety

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Post by lukko »

domber wrote: post #180
devadvance wrote: post #138

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Highly encourage exploring Flutter as well, at least for new platforms. Lottie animations would pair nicely, as would any future goal of expanding to web or desktop.

Flutter is just awesome. Can't recommend it enough. Never had an easier time porting UI to so many, different platforms. Flutter alone saved a year of work.

Thanks! Flutter does sound good, I've just started looking into it. Am I right in thinking we would rebuild the UIKit components / views in Flutter and then would be able to use the same UI across platforms (iOS, Android + Web)? And it would still be possible to include the native Apple APIs?
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