Another Snoring Thread....

Mupette

I'm a snorer, have sleep apneoa too.
Gum sheilds didnt work for me as i felt like i was choking, and these were made by my dentist.

Actually today i just bought nasal dilator, this might work, as the nasal strips slid off my nose, i have a nose that collapses ..

http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/shop/nasal_dilators/breathe_aid.php

although i just got mine off ebay. today.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120772227259&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:GB:1123

pulliptears

SueC wrote: »

Seriously, the best £4.49 I've ever spent.

A friend of mine had some earplugs individually made for her, at a cost of £75. She's since tried these ones, and says they're better.

I'm going to shut up about them now, I'm becoming an earplug bore!

Putting it into context those earplugs are 35db, in reality that is twice as loud as a whisper - i.e not very. It's thought a 'quiet' room operates at 40db so the ear plugs will drown out some of the sound but he will still keep you awake.

I have 35db plugs, I can still hear OH clearly through them, even in the next room. Ear plugs are rarely a solution. Added to that there is the discomfort from foam earplugs leaving your ears sore and sweaty in the night. Not nice.

My OH is currently having sleep tests done for his problem. We had something called a 'stardust' machine last week that monitored heart rate, oxygen and breathing etc. We are now waiting for an appointment back to the respiratory clinic.

janninew

Reading this thread with interest!

My husband has just started to snore very recently! I've never known him to snore before in 10 years and having a new baby and a snoring man next to me I'm getting very little sleep and feeling very grumpy.

Last night I had to sleep on the sofa with the baby next to me in her moses basket as I could hear him through the walls when I went into our spare room!

He isn't overweight, never drinks or smokes so not sure why. He says the nights I've told him he has been snoring are the nights he's had the best sleep and felt really tired - not sure if him being in a deep sleep makes any different. He snores in all positions, I try kicking him, he stops for a second, then starts again!

pulliptears

janninew wrote: »

Reading this thread with interest!

My husband has just started to snore very recently! I've never known him to snore before in 10 years and having a new baby and a snoring man next to me I'm getting very little sleep and feeling very grumpy.

Last night I had to sleep on the sofa with the baby next to me in her moses basket as I could hear him through the walls when I went into our spare room!

He isn't overweight, never drinks or smokes so not sure why. He says the nights I've told him he has been snoring are the nights he's had the best sleep and felt really tired - not sure if him being in a deep sleep makes any different. He snores in all positions, I try kicking him, he stops for a second, then starts again!

My OH's started when he started a new job, he now has a long commute and can be out for 12 hours a day. Considering h isnt overweight and doesn't drink or smoke we feel its probably down to the fact that he is so tired when he gets into bed he sleeps deeply.
Like your OH any position is a good one for snoring!!

If you have not long had a baby (congrats btw!) then he could also be very tired and its not inconceivable that its affecting him and adding to the snoring.

lovinituk

I used to snore very badly and agreed to go to the docs as my wife was suffering. I was referred and eventually had an operation (Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty)...

http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/snoring_treatment/surgery_for_snoring/uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.php?PHPSESSID=74d6aa04d1462c9470b94eb06405bd31

For a while it stopped my snoring completely but as the skin has loosened up a bit I do snore again sometimes but my wife says its nowhere near as bad as before the op.

Funnily, I can't make an oinking noise like a pig which vibrates that area of the throat when you do it!! Only found this out when I was making farm animal noises for my youngest son one day after the op!!

janninew

pulliptears wrote: »

My OH's started when he started a new job, he now has a long commute and can be out for 12 hours a day. Considering h isnt overweight and doesn't drink or smoke we feel its probably down to the fact that he is so tired when he gets into bed he sleeps deeply.
Like your OH any position is a good one for snoring!!

If you have not long had a baby (congrats btw!) then he could also be very tired and its not inconceivable that its affecting him and adding to the snoring.

Thanks for the congrats!

Lets hope when we both start getting more than 2 hours sleep at a time he stops snoring! I was thinking before that he's started doing a lot of cycling so I think him being really tired is having an affect on the snoring!

Last night though, I could have killed him! It probably doesn't help that we also have 3 boxer dogs who are all snore very loudly! No wonder I have bags under my eyes!

puddy

both our cats snore very loudly, one so loud that you have to turn the telly up to hear it, plus my OH snores. he always rolls over on his back but in addition, once he is on his back he has this habit of pulling his legs up so his knees are bent and then bit by bit, extremely slowly his feet slide down the bed until his legs are straight again and then it starts all over again.

so im forever pulling his legs down, pushing him so that he is on his side (but not facing me as i cant stand that) and telling him to shut up

and then he has a go at me for waking HIM up!! he normally goes off to the spare room then

he is overweight, eats all the wrong things, sometimes has a beer in the evening and sleeps in the wrong position. theres no telling some people

clearing_out_my_pockets

I'm considering getting one of those pillow speaker thingamajigs hoping that a bit of background noise will help me get off to sleep with DH's snoring.

pulliptears

Had to laugh at the animals snoring comment though. We recently lost our beloved little scottie dog Jack, he left behind his older partner in crime our Westie Bob.

As we didn't want Bob to feel too lonely at losing his companion we decided to take his basket upstairs and let him sleep with us. He settled on a spot down my side of the bed and all was well until about 2am when I was woken up with stereo snoring. Not only was OH rattling the walls with his snoring but Bob was down the side of me making similar noises. I felt well blessed with the pair of them!

In the end OH got a dig in the shin and the dog went back downstairs

Emmarillo

My husband has always been a dreadful snorer, and as I am a really light sleeper it's been a big problem. We've tried everything except the tennis ball as he doesn't wear pyjamas, and the only thing that kind of works is that I go to bed an hour before him. If I'm properly asleep it doesn't affect me so much (although it still wakes me up) but before i'd be desperately trying to sleep and getting more and more annoyed.

Having said all this, the snoring has not been so bad for the past year. I'd put it down to us getting a king sized bed, but after reading what another poster said about her husband snoring now he's not exercising so much, I wonder if it's that. For the last year my husband's been walking to the station (about an hour a day altogether) - he hasn't lost weight but his body's changed. I bet that's what it is.