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Would you deliberately wake a snoring neighbour?

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  • LawAbiding
    LawAbiding Posts: 295 Forumite
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    If the neighbour is hearing it through your floor, as another has suggested, some extra insulation to the floor might help?
  • Thanks for the replies. They have caused a change in attitude and I am now looking into addressing my snoring problem. Have ordered a CPAP machine for sleep apnoea and will endeavor to not live in a flat soon, if that's possble. (Living in a detached house is probably unrealistic in the foreseeable future, though.)

    Really risky to diagnose and treat yourself without speaking to a specialist. Sleep apnea can be caused by things that a cpap won't help anyway. Such as a misaligned jaw and extremely large tonsils in my hubbys case.
  • coffeehound
    coffeehound Posts: 5,741 Forumite
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    Don’t just start using a CPAP machine without seeing your GP!

    Thanks, and in an ideal world I would . . but if I waited for the NHS, it would be at least four months before I got any treatment
    LawAbiding wrote: »
    If the neighbour is hearing it through your floor, as another has suggested, some extra insulation to the floor might help?

    Yes, thanks, were I planning on staying here, that would be a sound investment (no pun intended)
  • edgex
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    Thanks, and in an ideal world I would . . but if I waited for the NHS, it would be at least four months before I got any treatment

    Yes, thanks, were I planning on staying here, that would be a sound investment (no pun intended)

    & you know this how?

    You haven't seen your GP, so you simply don't know.

    If you see your GP, you can at least tell your neighbour that, which may help with the issue.
  • coffeehound
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    edgex wrote: »
    & you know this how?

    You haven't seen your GP, so you simply don't know.

    If you see your GP, you can at least tell your neighbour that, which may help with the issue.

    Well I did go to my GP about major chest pains some time ago, and if things go as planned, it will be about four months when I get to be seen by a cardiologist. So that seemed like a reasonable yardstick :)
  • z1a
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    Very useful comment. Some people have no choice!

    Everybody has a choice!
  • Well I did go to my GP about major chest pains some time ago, and if things go as planned, it will be about four months when I get to be seen by a cardiologist. So that seemed like a reasonable yardstick :)

    Would you treat your heart issues yourself?
  • coffeehound
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    _shel wrote: »
    Would you treat your heart issues yourself?

    Well, no. I get your point, but at least with a CPAP I can start experimenting with the pressure setting and hopefully get to a point that stops the snoring and allows me and my dear neighbour a straight night's sleep. The situation is pretty acute, to be honest.
  • Yalpsmol
    Yalpsmol Posts: 222 Forumite
    What choice does someone who cant afford to live in a house have? Live on the streets instead? Move back in with their parents and sleep in the living room (etc)? Magic up better work experience or an education, get rid of their kids and get a better paid job?

    If you havent even heard yourself snore how are you going to know you stopped? Dont self diagnose! A relative of mine got into a sleep clinic quite fast after seeing their Dr about snoring, if that helps. Certainly quicker than 4 months although Im sure areas vary as with all things.
  • coffeehound
    coffeehound Posts: 5,741 Forumite
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    Yes realistically I'm not going to be able to get a house, hence looking for a more pragmatic solution. Around here, it takes a calendar month just to get an initial appointment with ones GP. Then perhaps some weeks after that for a sleep clinic intial appointment. Then a few more weeks for the follow-up appointment. Then later an intial trial with loan equipment. Sorry but I have to just press on and try to find a workable solution ASAP.
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