Q for those with snoring partners

zazzu

What seems to help decrease the snoring? I'm the snorrer, and it's causing some major issues with dh and I sleeping together. He's an incredibly light sleeper. Him waking me up to tell me I'm snoring is NOT the answer. This just serves to aggravate me to the extreme, and I don't quit snoring anyway.

Did your partner, or you, have a sleep study? If so, where? What were the solutions and did it help?

Alli923

DH snores crazy loud.  Finally a few years ago I made him go do a sleep test.  He has mild sleep apnea and wore a CPAP for a while but hated it.  He researched and found a dentist locally who makes mouth pieces that can be worn the keep the jaw aligned so that he can breath and not snore.  It is WAY better than the CPAP and he actually uses it.

gina000

My husband snores very loud, it used to keep me awake at night.  He went in for a sleep study ( your general doctor can recommend a sleep study place) turns out he has severe sleep apnea and actually stopped breathing 50 times in a minute.  He has a cpap hated it in the beginning but finally after the first week he got used to it ( has had it for 5.5 years now) and cannot sleep with out it.  It has been a lifesaver for both of us, for me because now I finally can get some sleep and for him because now he is actually rested when he wakes up.

Side note:  we were told that if you need a cpap and you are not using it your heart suffers and it is like doing an aerobic workout 24/7.  That was all we needed to hear for my hubby to take this very seriously.

coribecca

I had a sleep study at Overlake, but not for snoring.  I don't think a sleep study will help if the problem is strictly snoring; it's usually just for sleep apnea or insomnia.  He should start with his primary care doc.

MissLauraQ

DH snores like a freight train - and I'm the light sleeper.  We've tried all the over the counter things - none work, because they are for people who snore with their mouths OPEN, and his mouth is closed, and he snores through his nose.  And he's get really really angry after a while when I'd wake him up to roll over (he's a back sleeper, makes it so much worse)

We finally after years of taking turns on the couch (or the floor, I did that and loved it) we sleep in seperate rooms now.  And both of us sleep great.

We didn't do a sleep study and I doubt he'll go.

MrsH_08

DH has had a CPAP since before I knew him.  It's not sexy, but neither is snoring or not breathing for a few moments each night (which is what he was doing).  He did a sleep study and definitely has sleep apnea.  I've heard his snoring was REALLY bad before the CPAP.  I could ask him the name of his sleep clinic.  He goes for a once/yr check-up to a clinic in south Seattle.

iHeartHimMore

Isn't most snoring associated with at least some degree of apnea?

My DH is a big snorer and I'm a really light sleeper.  The only way I can sleep through the night without being woken up is by wearing earplugs.  I hated them at first, but got used to them pretty quickly.  And not being woken up 15 times is definitely worth the inconvenience.

I'd love for DH to go to a sleep study - I'm convinced that he has at least moderate apnea.  But I'd venture a guess that a CPAP would last about 2.5 seconds in our house. :-/ 

Seattle_JiLLn

My DH had his sleep study at Overlake - Dr. Bonvalet or something like that.   He has apnea and wears a CPAP machine.  If he didn't have that, we would not be married.  Seriously.   I wouldn't have kept dating him.  It's not sexy but it allows us to sleep in the same house.  

newmommy74

Like Michelle, I wear earplugs because my DH is a serioulsy bad snorer! When I was pg he said that he would go see someone about it before the baby came as I said I couln't wear earplugs when the baby arrives as I won't hear him wake up.

Fast forward to nearly 2 yrs later & he still hasn't done anything about it & I am continuing to sleep with earplugs!! It stil peeves me but now if Coop wakes up and I don't hear him, DH gets up to him & I just say 'sorry it's because I have to sleep with earplugs in that I didn't hear him'!!! LOL 

MissLauraQ

PS - I've tried the earplug route - and I've tried a few kinds of earplugs - I can still hear through them.  And now I have two infected ear canals - that then turned to yeast.  So I can't wear earplugs anymore

Which is why we are in seperate rooms

sunmountain

I snored when I was preganant b/c of the weight gain. DH snores when he weighs more than he should - recently he lost 15lbs and snores no more! Thank you Lord!

itskacie

sunmountain:

I snored when I was preganant b/c of the weight gain. DH snores when he weighs more than he should - recently he lost 15lbs and snores no more! Thank you Lord!

My DH doesnt snore (unless he had too much fun at the bar) but this was the case with my dad and most of the men in our family actually. Many were overweight, and some severly. All needed CPAP machines, then they lost weight... once they were within a reasonable range the apnea and the snoring was drastically reduced.