snoring

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:40 pm

petal wrote: ... my hubby has actually woke himself up with snoring, and even worse than that my dog snores even louder

is anyone else experiencing these problemspetal :-6
I snore and very often wake myself up because i snore so loud..

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:42 pm

Oh I HAD to jump all over this one...

My fiance only snores when he is A) really, REALLY tired, or B) drunk. (He must have been really tired last night) The funny thing is, he is such a light sleeper, a mouse fart wakes him up. So, I'm lucky...all I have to do is move a little, or make a tiny noise, and it wakes him up just enough to stop his snoring. I'm surprised that he doesn't wake himself up snoring sometimes. Seems like that's the only thing he's immune to. Ocassionally I just get him to roll over. Thankfully once I'm asleep, that's it. He could jump up and down on the bed and I wouldn't budge. I don't sleep, I become comatose.

As for the dog, I'd boot his furry fanny into another room!

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:02 pm

petal wrote: do you have to race your partner to bed in order to get a good nights sleep because of thier snoring problem! even though there are lots of things out there to help with this problem, it seems you spend more time trying to get them to admit it as they don;t hear it! well so they say... my hubby has actually woke himself up with snoring, and even worse than that my dog snores even louder

is anyone else experiencing these problems

petal

:-6

Petal you come up with some of the neatest topics. Snoring what a pain huh.

The ex snored and racing him to bed was not an option when he was the early to bed person and I the night owl. But he was good with a poke to change position and the snoring would stop just long enough for me to fall asleep hehehehe

I have a good friend who snores so bad he wears a breathing aparatus. We went on a holiday with him and shared a hotel room and OMG the roof nearly fell in on us from the vibs of his snoring. He says this breathing machine is a godsend, as his snoring woke him often too.

The BF snores mildly but he is so conciencious of it, I just tap him and he changes position and then asks in the morning if he kept me awake I can't bring myself to tell him yes, it bothers him too much poor guy.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:33 pm

Many heavy snorers have "SLEEEP APNEA" and they and their SO's can be helped.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/publications/sleepap.cfm

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:54 pm

petal wrote: thanks minks are you joking about the breathing aparatus?lol

petal

:-6
My son in law uses the breathing device when he sleeps, it's sure made for a better marriage. He has Sleep Apnea.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:16 pm

petal wrote: thanks minks are you joking about the breathing aparatus?lol

petal

:-6

No sweets I am serious it is a full oxygen like mask and it keeps him breathing away it is rather hideous but it helps as well he has sleep apnea so it saves his life too

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:40 pm

i sleep very heavily, and according to reports, snore very, very loudly. the heavier i get, the more i snore. if i could lose fifteen pounds, i would likely stop.

i'm pretty sure i have occasional sleep apnea too. some days i'll wake up and i feel like i've been beaten up - just the worst aching head and general brain-fuzziness.

damn, i really do need to lose that weight.

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:18 am

petal wrote: snoring has its consequences then, and i hope you dont think i am being rude but you mention that if you lose weight then you are more likely to stop snoring, does this mean that there is a link with body weight and snoring?

petal

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oh yes - that's been acknowledged in several studies. when you gain weight, fat builds up in your throat tissues as well, narrowing the airway to some extent (not the actual bronchial tube, just up in the throat/nose/palate area). that increases the likelyhood that when your throat muscles relax as you sleep, the tissues will 'collapse' down further, causing snoring.

not all snoring/snorers experience that of course.

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:30 pm

BabyRider wrote: The funny thing is, he is such a light sleeper,

Unfortunately, I'M the light sleeper of my family. And my poor girl is a real freight train of a snorer. What's worse is that she would actually get mad at me if I moved to the spare bedroom to get at least an hour's worth of sleep before I had to go to work again!

It was a real problem for us....until I found out about "noise-canceling" headphones!

rachelg · Post by **rachelg** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:49 pm

This is the factor that made us have to have seperate bedrooms.

I am a very light sleeper and will wake up if one of the birds flutters, and Tom snores so loudly that sometimes shutting the door to my room doesn't even help. I often imagine the house looks like one of those cartoon houses that the walls collapse and expand with the snoring! I wish there was something that would help :-1

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:02 pm

rachelg wrote: This is the factor that made us have to have seperate bedrooms.

I am a very light sleeper and will wake up if one of the birds flutters, and Tom snores so loudly that sometimes shutting the door to my room doesn't even help. I often imagine the house looks like one of those cartoon houses that the walls collapse and expand with the snoring! I wish there was something that would help :-1ROTFLMAO!! Oh, baby, do I feel for ya!! That is the BEST way I've ever

heard it put!!

I have problems with insomnia, many different causes I've worked to

eliminate... and one was doing the separate bedroom thing. Because,

my body would ask me: Okay, do ya really wanna sleep or do ya wanna

stay awake all night pokin' this guy in the side? At least we are fortunate

to have a downstairs bedroom, that I can really get away from the noise.

Don't feel bad, I heard Dr. Ruth say one time that she and her husband

have separate bedrooms.

Jives, I worry about the headphones, can you hear a smoke alarm if

you need to with those on?

:yh_sleep

rachelg · Post by **rachelg** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:18 pm

There wasn't any choice about the seperate bedroom solution. I was beginning to think of attacking him in his sleep, I was getting so sleep deprived! The earphones wouldn't work for me. I have to hear if something happens in the kennel (sometimes we have an escapee who usually tries to eat the 100lbs of dog food while out) or if I have puppies, I have to hear if one of the pups sounds distressed. :-4

cars · Post by **cars** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:51 am

My Daughter says that My Son-in-Law is a snoring rumbling freight train! Lots of times She has to sleep in a bedroom down the hall in their house, and she still hears the walls vibrating from the tremendoius snoring and can't sleep! When they go on vacation, they have to get "2" seperate Hotel rooms (4 or 5 rooms away) as his snoring is really that bad! Sometimes the Hotel front desk had to ring his room to lodge a disturbance complaint from surrounding rooms!

My Son-in-Law has tried everything, including a $3,000 operation to no real avail! :wah:

Cars :driving:

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:58 am

My sweety only snores when he is on his back and sleeping soundly. IF I wake up, (I'm like a corpse, when asleep) I'll just gently roll him over, then snoring is done! :-6

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:02 am

anastrophe wrote: oh yes - that's been acknowledged in several studies. when you gain weight, fat builds up in your throat tissues as well, narrowing the airway to some extent (not the actual bronchial tube, just up in the throat/nose/palate area). that increases the likelyhood that when your throat muscles relax as you sleep, the tissues will 'collapse' down further, causing snoring.

not all snoring/snorers experience that of course.

Unfortunately, that's not always the case, My Son-in-Law is a champion snorer, & He is 6'-1", atheltic build, at 190lbs! :wah:

Cars :driving: