[Closed] Any snorers in the house? Help save my relationship!

Separate beds in separate rooms.
The key to a happy marriage!

Give her some valium, she'll soon stop giving a shit.
Other than that, a quick squirt of beconase, then sit upside down for 2 minutes before bed works a bit for me.

Separate houses is even better

Quies wax ear plugs (for her) or CPAP (for him).

Separate rooms saved my relationship I think.

Yeah, the doctors but be prepared to be cauterised.

Definitely not what you want to hear, but hear my story.....

Beer has been disagreeing with me recently, I seem to have developed a bit of an intolerance in my guts, decided I've had a decent innings at 41, and have decided to knock it on the head. That was less than 3 weeks ago, and I have had not a single elbow in the ribs since I didn't drink every day, nothing like it, but every Friday a few, a few more on a Saturday, and wine and a couple on a Sunday, but I reckon it affects the snorey bits in yer throat for days afterwards.

Reduce your carb intake.

Carbs, particularly processed sugar and white flour can cause muscle inflammation and can really increase your snoring.

As ridiculous as this might sound it worked for me.

So basically no beer, and no Greggs.

How much is your relationship worth?

See your doc though, you may have some kind of sleep apnoea thing going on.

Snoring Ring.

Works.

(Edit. Him not me)

Have you been to the doctors it can be a sign of sleep apnoea

Have you been to the doctors? I have been known to communicate with cows whilst camping. I need surgery to correct a problem with my nose which is the root of my problems.

lose some weight fatty 😀

Separate rooms here. My snoring is only a problem because I'm a fidgety sleeper so I wake her up moving about and then snoring keeps her awake. She's been sleeping in the spare room for a year now and it helps all round.

Spare room bed made up, on the nights I'm snoring after the first wake up one of us moves.

Ear plugs?

Go see your GP, get referred to a specialist and they'll decide what type of problem you have. I had a 18-month NHS wait but eventually had a five minute operation which lasered the soft palate at the back of my throat. The healing tightens up the loose skin and it definitely reduced my snoring. Lots of drink will always bring it back, but it's kept my wife sane since. Operation sounds horrible, but you just come around with a mild sore throat.

Two options
1.Vegans never snore
2. Druk people sleep through anything
Therefore you either become healthy or she becomes an alcoholic

Lose some weight, it worked for me.

Tonsills removed if they're enlarged? Ex had it done and although he still snored a little it wasn't quite as horrific! Maybe cut back on the beers if it makes it even louder and more annoying just for the sake of your Mrs

Weight loss can help - also speak to your GP - possibility of sleep apnea not something you want to be dealing with, may be underlying.

sleep in pyjamas / a t shirt with a tennis ball sewn in between your shoulder blades - makes sure you never sleep on your back which is when most folk snore

Ear plugs works for me/wife

I know someone who spent many evenings being monitored at a sleep clinic to sort out his snoring(& the stopping breathing thing!)
They told him to lose a few stone.
Sorry .

.Vegans never snore

I can verify that's definitely not true...

you promised never to tell of that night ...

😀

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zyy3r82

Some throat flap strengthening exercises is what you need

Friend of mine used to be an absolutely awful snorer with apnoea too... Visit to the dr and was fitted with a compressor mask and hasn't snored since... Which is a relief for his other half, and next door who could hear him too!!!

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

Wake up! You're choking to death!

wear a bra backwards with tennis balls in it, doest help at all but feels fantastic. HTH

Well, in a tough love stylee, there are the obvious answers of

1) Lose weight
2) Stop smoking

Sorry fella...

Cheers folks! I think I'm resigned to the fact that I need to ease off on the beer and pies. I'll make an appointment with the doc to as I've been reliably informed that I do get sleep apnea, which makes it worse. Didn't really realise how serious that was. I was putting my stopping breathing just down to my inherent laziness

My mate uses a mandibular advancement splint. Or something.
Not sure if Greggs do them though.

Binners - if you've potentially got sleep apnea get it sorted - lots of potential issues can come of it. Sadly one of the contributing factors to my father's death a few years ago :/

So sorry to hear that Greg. But that's given me the prod I need to make a docs appointment, as I genuinely didn't realise it was such a big issue. It's just something that, as blokes, it's easy to dismiss as just one of those things

I've had surgery (probably Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) where they scar the tissue in order to tighten it up and stop it resonating.

It *might* have reduced it slightly but I sleep on my own at the back of the house.
Which I don't mind.

When I'm camping with the bike club, everyone moves their tent as far away as possible. They prefer the sound of the cows mooing and farting to me. Apparently.

I think its all a vicious lie. i don't snore.

Nice one Binners - you'll probably find a lot of other things will start to fix themselves if you get it dealt with. And you may get a cool mask 😉

Had my dangly thing at the back of my throat removed (no differance to my snorning)weight loss helps but not as much as separate rooms - she misses the sex but hey hoo small price for a good night's sleep..... yep I know.....

Isn't prostate massage supposed to be an effective cure for Snoring?

havent read the whole thread but [url= https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/anti-snore-guard?division=merchandising-uk&nlp=1&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=5658&utm_campaign=UK_DT_DIS_FBK_TIM_TTT_BT_CBP_CHA_NBR_n%2A5658_c%2A5781_p%2A5436_x%2A643_z%2A6045455159208 ]this[/url] just came up on my facebook feed. cheap enough to give a try mebbes?

Sleep on your front/side.

I found an iPhone app to be quite useful - mainly for identifying what sort of snoring 'I' suffered from (well, it is the Mrs who suffers)

Look up Snorelab - it selectively records your noises from your bedside table overnight and you can track the effects of certain triggers or antidotes over time (the app gives you a snore score each morning and you can compare this with, say, how many pints you had etc)

Anyway, I think mine has improved with the summer months and a reduction in alcohol consumption (not necessarily on the evening of the night I snored as pointed out above)

Hope that helps

Cheers fella

Just downloaded that. I'll give it a try tonight and see what it comes up with. I suspect the earlier assertion of "lose some weight, fatty!" may be the starting point.

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

I've got a deviated septum, from getting smashed in the nose a lot when younger....if I lie on my side it helps. Open the window too, as I'm worse if the room is stuffy.
When I'm really bad, I have been know to wake myself up, which just pi**es me off no end!

I've also woken myself up with a stinky pop.."...

SnoreLab app is good if you want to experiment to see what makes it better or worse.

Evening exercise definitely makes mine worse. Been using a throat spray (snoreeze) recently which seems to help a bit. Also bed made up in spare room, one wake up and I'm gone.

Tried the nose strips and they didn't seem to help much and I couldn't get use to them. Also tried a throat foam thing, made me gag and no better than the spray.

Not sure Mrs B would be keen on waking up next to the mask thing...

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Read through with interest....

Snoring Ring.

Isn't that just a euphemism for farting?

Here's how I've dealt with the wife's snoring:

1. Separate bed and room, which is a bit shite but you do get to make your other half feel guilty about your 'garret', or
2. Ambient noise to drown out the snoring - in my case running a small fan on the table by my side of the bed all night*. Works pretty well, especially since my wife wears ear-plugs (presumably to drown out her own bloody snoring). I usually make it most of the way through the night without waking up, and when I do I get back to sleep no problem.

I think there's also an app for the phone that'll let you listen to the sea, or whale-song, or something suitably new-age like that. Like the idea but haven't tried it.

* Plus anecdotal evidence indicates that it also helps blow my delightful farts beyond the nasal reach of Mrs zigzag.

I am a lifelong intermittent snorrer, and was even when young lithe, sober and deprived of my adenoids by an ENT surgeon at then Girlfriend's request...

I also have to deal with people complaining of this professionally, and the fact that there is no single simple infallible cure should tell anyone it ain't simple, and all the cures which some people say are the magic way forwards only work for some people...

So - an approach:

1) Make sure you do not have OSA - ask your partner what happens to your breathing when you snore. Do you stop, obstruct and have to wake/change position? If you do... or if you have a high Epworth Score (google it), do not pass go, do not collect £200, see your GP.
2) If not, and you used not to snore, try losing weight, drinking less alcohol and sleeping on your side... But - see above - this may not work...
3) If your nose feels congested, do try Beconase, available over the counter.
4) Also feel free to buy any cures on the internet, sprays, tapes, diets and crap. God made sheep to be shorn... 😉
5) If this isn't working consider either separate rooms, ambient background noise to calm your partner or seeing your GP. ( and getting your thyroid function checked).

UPPP was fashionable a decade back but has a low success rate and hurts, a lot. CPAP is mainly for those with OSA.

So, what worked for me?

Adjust the Snorree, not the Snorrer...

a) One girlfriend amongst a fair few objected, I had surgery as above - no help.
b) Wife put up with it and said it wasn't a problem.
c) Next Partner I lived with slept badly whether I was there or not but blamed me when I was. Separate rooms often. Horrible. That isn't a relationship I want. And she was a bit mad.
d) My partner now who is absolutely a keeper gets annoyed by it very occasionally but can fall asleep right next to me... and it isn't an issue.

It takes two for someone to be disturbed by snorring, and sometimes it is worth looking at both people...