Snoring gone after weight loss?

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  • JEG2012
    JEG2012 Posts: 158
    Sadly yes ... when I lost all my weight before, I didn't make a sound. Now that I've put some weight back on, it's a chain saw concert in the bedroom. :mad:
  • AmazonRDH
    AmazonRDH Posts: 203 Member
    I work @ a hospital and I hear this all the time......... weight gain increasing snoring and weight loss decreases or eliminates it, usually. It depends on the cause. my hubby, for example, is not overweight in the least and snores like a bear, his is caused from a deviated septum....... so again, it just depends but sounds like yours had the onset w/weight gain? so i'd be willing to bet it will improve or go away w/weight loss.... :smile:
  • beattie1
    beattie1 Posts: 1,012 Member
    I used to snore. I've lost weight in the past and regained again, more than once, and I think I've pinpointed the weight at which I start and stop snoring. I'm now well below that, but I reckon it's at around 220 lbs for me.
  • Tishy78
    Tishy78 Posts: 108 Member
    As my ticker shows, I was very over weight. My hubby says my snoring has completely disappeared. My sleep also feels a lot more restful.
  • Bakkasan
    Bakkasan Posts: 1,027 Member
    Mine went away with my loss, I still use my mask because some nights I still do, but not often. I hate the random sore throat.
  • afrazier02
    afrazier02 Posts: 39
    I had the same problem. I had to have a cpap machine to set at 18 to help me breathe at night. 70 pounds lighter two months ago the md official put it in my chart that i no longer have sleep apnea.
  • 1yoyoKAT
    1yoyoKAT Posts: 206 Member
    I have experienced my sleep apnea going away as I lose weight. The loud snoring was gone after about 30 pounds.

    One good thing about being diagnosed and treated for sleep apnea though was that getting better sleep has really helped me lose weight and change my eating habits. I used to be so tired all the time and I realized that a lot of my mindless snacking was rooted in attempting to snap out of the tiredness fog. Although my type of obstructive severe sleep apnea was caused by obesity, the untreated sleep apnea was itself a causative factor in my obesity. A vicious cycle.

    The CPAP machines nowadays are low profile and almost silent. I would urge anyone who thinks they may have sleep apnea to see a physician about it and have a sleep study done if indicated. Once treated, the difference in the quality of sleep and the positive impact it has on the quality of life is truly amazing.
  • rxman13
    rxman13 Posts: 348 Member
    APNEA the most overdiagnosed "disease"in america
  • Melissa26point2
    Melissa26point2 Posts: 177 Member
    I started snoring 7 years ago when I got pregnant with my first child and had gained 45 lbs. In the last 2 years, I have lost 40 lbs and stopped snoring completely, thank goodness!
  • TrishLG
    TrishLG Posts: 173 Member
    When someone starts snoring when they had not been, it is a sign of high blood pressure.
    Losing the weight probably brought down your blood pressure, so you don't snore anymore.
    Great sign.
  • Buzzatronic
    Buzzatronic Posts: 7 Member
    GF has said she hasn't heard me snore in ages since I started losing weight.
  • waskier
    waskier Posts: 254 Member
    Completely gone. My wife couldn't be happier. Along with the kids, dogs, neighbors....
  • grandma091809
    grandma091809 Posts: 2
    My brother was. Snoring badly and had sleep apnea prior to loosing weight. He now does not require a mask and no longer snores.
  • joe_d
    joe_d Posts: 73 Member
    APNEA the most overdiagnosed "disease"in america

    Perhaps. But it's a pretty simple problem to diagnose correctly, so I'm not sure why you're saying this. In my case all it really took was a pulse-ox sensor on my finger overnight, and it pretty clearly showed the significant dip in blood oxygen as a result of not breathing while asleep. And it was happening a couple of times per 2-3 minutes. Of course, that was followed up by a night in the sleep clinic where they did the detailed diagnosis and worked out what I needed.

    While snoring can be an indication of apnea, it isn't always the case that if you snore you have it, and vice versa. I never snored, but would wake up in the mornings sometimes with a headache and feeling like I'd been in a battle, and I'd be tired all day. The bigger problem is that over the long term there's an increased risk of high blood pressure and even heart disease.

    So if there are folks who think they suffer from apnea, I recommend you not take it lightly. Get it checked out and treated if need be.

    When I go in for my next checkup I'm going to ask if I can get that pulse-ox test to see if my apnea is gone--hoping that's the case!
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
    I haven't woke myself up snoring lately so I think it has stopped or decreased. My kids stopped asking to sleep with me because of my snoring.

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