Does Anybody Sleep With A Snorer?

daybyday

My hubby snores. Loudly. I don't believe he stops breathing. He is overweight. We all know he has to be the one to change this. I feel bad "kicking" him all the time. I've tried ear plugs. They hurt my ears and I can still hear him snoring. He uses a type of air machine (not CPAP) and he's used the Breathe Right strips. Sometimes I have to come downstairs to sleep. That's not as comfy as my bed and he is sad that I'm not in bed with him.

Help - Any anti-snoring tips out there?

DisneyAddictRW

My hubby sleeps o. The couch on nights I can't stand it otherwise I use foam ear plugs.

lazyspice

I've trained mine to sleep on his side and it's a LOT better since he lost a couple of stone but on really bad nights I sleep in the spare room :ohwell:

yaddayaddayadda

My husband and I sleep in different rooms. He snores, and I'm a very light sleeper. We decided that it was better to sleep alone than for neither of us to sleep.

karenjoy

Mine lost weight and that makes it a lot better, if your Husband wants you to stay sleeping with him, he better do what mine did, trot off to the Dr, join MFP and lose weight.

I also use silicone ear plugs, they are fabulous and not at all uncomfortable like the other ones i have tried, and if all else fails HE should be sleeping on the sofa...mine used to have to move out, it was him keeping me awake after all lol

Sharont213

Has he seen an ENT specialist ? There are several medical reasons besides weight that can cause snoring.. and there are some dentists who design special mouth guards (for want of a better term) that help to keep the airway open and lessen snoring. My hubby snores (he is overweight too and does have sleep apnea) when he is on his back/side but he is usually a stomach sleeper. It can wake me .. but I simply tell myself that I would rather lay beside him hearing his snore that be without him.. and that works for me ... sometimes LOL

brendabuckeye

My hubby also snored loudly and it was affecting my sleep, too. He FINALLY went to a sleep clinic and they told him he was 'waking up' hundreds of times a night. If this had continued they said he would have had a stroke within a few years. He is now on a c-pap machine which is much quieter although probably not so sexy - haha. It is amazing how much better he feels now that he is getting a good nights sleep. I am also sleeping better although the machine sometimes is a little loud (I am a VERY light sleeper). Please talk to your doctor about this and see what is recommended. I believe the sleep test saved my husband's life... and my sanity.

jeni_Giedd

I use foam ear plugs, too. I also run my leg up and down his and this seems to help - kicking only makes him crabby. I also play some soothing music that's next to my side of the bed. It helps me fall asleeep, doesn't bother him at all, and drowns out the snoring. I play it softly, but my ear tunes to the music and not him. Enya works well....

teagin2002

Mine only snores when he is very tiered. When he does too loud lightly pinch his nose shut to make him roll to the other side. If that doesn't work then I wake him to have him roll over
I am a heavy sleeper, its just when his mouth is in my ear he tends to wake me up.

debstanley4

I have my husband sleep at the foot of the bed. It's not far but it is better than being right next to my ear. That way we are still in the bed together.

MattGetsMad

Saw this post and thought I should share.

I use to snore very badly. My gf described it as a car accident where both car motors are left running...

After 5 days of a vegan diet, my snoring almost completely stopped. I barely snore at all anymore.

Vegan diet use to be called the "no mucus" diet before some marketing genius got involved. I think leaving out the dairy had a huge impact for me as I stopped snoring before I'd lost any significant weight. (lost about 4 lbs)

Good luck to you ladies sleeping with us snorers.

SueGremlin

Oh God yes. The thing is, he never snored until we got married.

I have to leave sometimes to go to the guest bed. I am a light sleeper and perimenopausal, so sleep is a relatively rare and precious thing. Top that with a crazily stressful job AND a cat who "checks in" every few hours to make sure we are still alive, and you have a recipe for insanity. I wear foam ear plugs most of the time and they help immensely, but I've started to develop an ear infection so I have to lay off for a few weeks.

It's not easy.

wiffe

My husband never used to snore until his nose was broken at work. Nothing we can do about it.

stylistchik

I don't but my grandpa is the LOUDEST snorer I've EVER heard. When we spent the night at our grandparents' house it sounded like a lion had been let loose - not joking. My grandparents have had separate beds in separate bedrooms for years. Not to mention they are ridiculously catholic and that probably played a part but my grandma said that is the only way she can sleep. :ohwell:

jilers

1. I work on the weight

2. I try to get to sleep before he does

cbbarge

My husband and I both sleep with snorers. HE has always snored and apparently I didn't used to but have gotten worse as I've gained weight. His snoring usually doesn't bother me, unless he's really, really loud. However, my snoring seems to bother him much more. He either nudges me to roll over on my side or he leaves to go to the other room. We both have CPAP machines, (how romantic, LOL) I absolutely hate mine, so I'm hoping and praying weight loss helps the problem.

77tes

Is the topic of this thread some kind of cruel joke? Who can sleep with a snorer! My slim hubby snores like a buzz saw, and he always has. When I was younger, it could sleep through it. I'm looking forward to reading the cure here. The only relief from it is when he has insomnia, lol.

daybyday

Is the topic of this thread some kind of cruel joke? Who can sleep with a snorer! I'm looking forward to reading the cure here.

LOL - No! I am looking for some kind of relief or ways to deal with it while I am sleeping next to him

daybyday

Is the topic of this thread some kind of cruel joke? Who can sleep with a snorer! I'm looking forward to reading the cure here.

LOL - No! I am looking for some kind of relief or ways to deal with it while I am sleeping next to him So far I like playing music next to me and sleeping beside him while snoring is better than not being beside him at all!!

Artemis_Acorn

My husband snored horribly and the sleep clinic found he had sleep apnea, but he hated the CPAP machine and wouldn't use it, so he had a surgery instead. They literally cut the bottom of his tongue and screwed it down to the floor of his mouth to prevent it from sliding back in his throat while he slept.

The result is that he snores softly now, and I just nudge him to get him to roll over if it bothers me. Some of the time I try to match my breathing pace to his - kind of like counting sheep.

My daughter snored from infancy, many ENT specialists said her problems weren't severe enough to warrant surgery so she hated sleepovers with friends growing up, and finally when she was 20 we managed to get someone to operate. They removed her tonsils and adenoids which were enlarged, shortened her uvula, reamed out a part of her soft palate and straightened a congenital deviated septum. It was a horrible surgery to recover from, but the only time she ever snores now is if she has a cold. She just got engaged and is relieved to know that she has already addressed this before she subjects her husband to her snoring.

Hayesgang

My hubby also snored loudly and it was affecting my sleep, too. He FINALLY went to a sleep clinic and they told him he was 'waking up' hundreds of times a night. He is now on a c-pap machine which is much quieter although probably not so sexy - haha. It is amazing how much better he feels now that he is getting a good nights sleep. I am also sleeping better although the machine sometimes is a little loud (I am a VERY light sleeper). Please talk to your doctor about this and see what is recommended. I believe the sleep test saved my husband's life... and my sanity.

Agree^^
I got up to go to the bathroom one night and realized my husband had stopped breathing for a few second. I told him about it and he had the study done, during the test he stopped breathing for 17 seconds. It can be very hard on the heart and raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Most insurance companies will pay for the study and the machine.

MayMaydoesntrun

bump for later!

Scarlett_S

I snored for years, until I lost all my weight this past year. I stopped snoring at about 50 lbs lost. I never had a CPAP, but I feel bad about my poor husband and all the years I snored. Luckily, he's a very hard sleeper and as long as he fell asleep before me it wasn't a huge issue.

I know that for me, when HE snores, I poke him somewhere and he turns over and stops for a bit. Tylenol PM helps me with that - I just take it so I won't wake up, lol.

lstnlondry

Wow, so good to know I am not alone. Sniff Sniff. I love my husband to death but yes, this is our issue. Feeling good abour reading other posts.

bigbugboo

Ask him sweetly to sleep facing away from you on his side, and pop a couple of pillows behind his back to stop him rolling onto his back (often when the snoring is at its worst!). You face the opposite direction with your back to the pillows too. That should give you long enough to nod off before he inevitably starts to shift around in his sleep. It also helps if you can ensure his chin is lifted away from his chest (so head inclining backwards) to 'open up the airways'. Works for me.

CoryIda

My hubby also snores loudly (and no, he doesn't have sleep apnea).
I also have tried every type of ear plug out there and they all hurt my ears and none of them block out the sound well enough, nor do medicines to help me sleep make me sleep deeply enough to not be bothered by the noise. I sleep with a fan blowing on high for the white noise, but that doesn't do much either (although I am such a light sleeper that I suppose it probably helps drown out any other outside noises like cars going by and things like that).

Here's what my hubby has tried:
* Surgery to correct his deviated septum
* Breathe Right strips (all variations)
* Z-Quiet (it's a mouth guard type thing)
* Something I cant remember the name to that you actually put IN your nostrils and it opens them up more
* Mentholatum (under his nose)
* Throat sprays (every brand available)
* Humidifier next to the bed
* Sleeping on his side

What has worked?
NOTHING - absolutely nothing. A lot of times he'll lie down next to me for a while and then, after the third or fourth time I kick/elbow/punch when he snores (gentle nudging doesn't work), he will just go sleep in the spare room.

He does need to lose some weight and I hope that, if/when he does, this helps. Nothing else has.

MattGetsMad

Will somebody please try cutting out dairy???

If anyone is willing to try cutting out dairy for about a week, please friend me and let me know if you see any results.

I'd love to see if cutting out dairy will work for anyone else, like it did for me.

Good luck to you all!

mem50

My husband and I sleep in different rooms. He snores, and I'm a very light sleeper. We decided that it was better to sleep alone than for neither of us to sleep.

That's what me and mine did too. He's had the tests and the nose strips and the thing that goes in the mouth to help keep your jaw in a certain position.

Nothing worked.:sad: So separate rooms for us is the only answer.

sayfay

I used to, but made DH go to a sleep clinic and he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. He uses a c-pap machine now and no more snoring (well, except when he "forgets" to put it on but that's another issue, lol).

Goose28in

I am a snorer, well I was. Every night I would get a knee in the back or an elbow to the head. Plus my mouth would be dry like a desert from sleeping with my mouth wide open. At first I thought it was from my allergies but soon realized it was because I was over weight.

After I started my diet/exercise and I lost 20 lbs, the snoring stopped. I haven't snored and I have been able to get a good night sleep with dreams, which I hadn't had for a very long time.

AussieNikki

My husband snores like a freight train but it only bothers me if I am having trouble getting to sleep or if I wake up and he is doing it at that moment.

He is thin so it's not a weight issue. He has really bad allergies/sinuses so I am thinking it's that. I elbow him and he moves and it "sometimes" helps. But usually it's not an issue as he works third (night) shift so he is rarely in bed when I go to sleep so I deal with it.