Snoring advice please?

My lovely DH is a snorer. Not a bad one, but enough so it prevents me from falling asleep. If he starts snoring AFTER I'm asleep, it doesn't bug me.... But I cannot for the life of me, fall asleep while he's snoring.

What used to work was that I would make him roll over onto his side and the snoring would stop.

Now from time to time, I roll over to get ready to nudge him, and find that he is already on his side

It is frustrating for me, because unless I want to move to the couch every night (he's always asleep before me, he falls asleep fast) which I don't, I am out of options.

Any suggestions? Do those snore strips work?

Thx.

yup i just wake blaine up that stops the snoring long enough for me to fall asleep usually hehe

i was thinking about getting them nose strips which helps open the airway whilst asleep

Originally Posted by -_aj_-

yup i just wake blaine up that stops the snoring long enough for me to fall asleep usually hehe

i was thinking about getting them nose strips which helps open the airway whilst asleep

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I wish I could do that, but it takes me at least 20-30mins to fall asleep, and DH takes oh bout 5-7mins and he's snoring away

Even when I wake him to roll over, he doesn't really wake up He just grunts and rolls over LOL.

I wonder if the nose strips help at all? I've bought them for my daughter a long time ago, when she was congested, and it helped her. But I haven't tried it on DH.

I'm afraid it will get worse as he ages, and we'll end up having seperate bedrooms It's already difficult for us: he prefers warm to sleep, I prefer cold. He prefers silence, I prefer music to sleep. He "won" on the music, we usually only have it on for 30mins. The temperature thing, I shove the blankets off me and into the middle of the bed or on him. But the snoring keeping me from falling asleep, is I think the worst one.

Those nose strips actually can work, depending of course on the cause of the snoring.

I asked my ex to try them way back when. Surprisingly he agreed. And it DID work. He slept better than usual, he said, and there was no snoring.

All was fine until we woke up and discovered.....all the cat hair had stuck to the strip and he had a fur nose.

HAHAHAHAHAH! I thought it was hilarious, but he was not amused and refused to use them again.

But don't tell the DH about that, just see if he'll try them.

If I ever get involved again, it will be separate bedrooms from the beginning. I love sleeping alone (except for the cats) and sleep is too important to mess with.

You can try the strips, but snoring usually comes from the back of the throat/palate and is associated with obstructive sleep apnea. If his snoring is really bad you should try talking him into a sleep study - untreated sleep apea has a lot of health risks.

Originally Posted by Snake_Lady

I wish I could do that, but it takes me at least 20-30mins to fall asleep, and DH takes oh bout 5-7mins and he's snoring away

Even when I wake him to roll over, he doesn't really wake up

He just grunts and rolls over LOL.

I wonder if the nose strips help at all? I've bought them for my daughter a long time ago, when she was congested, and it helped her. But I haven't tried it on DH.

I'm afraid it will get worse as he ages, and we'll end up having seperate bedrooms

It's already difficult for us: he prefers warm to sleep, I prefer cold. He prefers silence, I prefer music to sleep. He "won" on the music, we usually only have it on for 30mins. The temperature thing, I shove the blankets off me and into the middle of the bed or on him. But the snoring keeping me from falling asleep, is I think the worst one.

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I am like you. It took me a year to fall asleep while DH is snoring.
Strips work to a degree. He still snored but not as loud. I know part of his issue is weight. A humidifier might also help.

BF snores like a beast if he is on his back sleeping..Last night he fell asleep face first buried under the covers with his elbow digging into my side!! I just wake him up and make him move till I can get comfy enough to block out his snoring and start counting from one till whenever I pass out!

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Any suggestions? .

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Get ear plugs. Go to sleep before him.

I have the same problem. My husband snores too and falls asleep way faster than me. I usually just keep poking him or ask him to stop snoring which makes him stop for like 5 minutes and if I am not asleep when he starts snoring again, I just keep asking him to stop. Sometimes I "accidentally" will hit him with my leg or arm (not hard) and that stops him.

I found the snore strips don't work. The only thing we have found that works is him eating a tablespoon of honey before bed, but he still snores just not as loud. You could try wearing earplugs. I tried that but found it hard to sleep with them in and they fell out every time I rolled over.

In my case, Dottie is the snorer. I just get some earplugs and wear them. I use them sleeping in the truck, anyway, and I've used them for years.

Is it dangerous to fall asleep with headset from MP3 player in your ears? Maybe listening to tunes would help?

DBF snores, mainly because he smokes (he could lose 10 lbs too but he actually looks ok now). I fall asleep before he does but boy when i hear him it's like he's cutting logs down at the saw mill. The kitties don't go near him either when he snores .

I second the sleep study but it wouldn't hurt to try the nose strips either (which I should probably get for both my bf and myself). A friend's ex-bf had the sleep study done, he came home with a breathing machine & mask of some sort which he wore at night; no more snoring and both my friend and her bf were able to sleep soundly.

Earplugs!!! Thats what I use!!

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A friend's ex-bf had the sleep study done, he came home with a breathing machine & mask of some sort which he wore at night; no more snoring and both my friend and her bf were able to sleep soundly.

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He had sleep apnea then - something very good to get treated since no one wants to drop dead from a heart attack or stroke.

My Brother-in-law was one of the worse snorers on the face of the planet. So much so when I use to babysit their kids I would be in the guest room in basement and could still hear him snoring from the master bedroom on the second floor. He actually had to have surgery to have his adenoids removed because apparently enlarged adenoids are 95% of the reason for very loud snoring.
This did improve his snoring quite a lot, however did not remove it completely so my sister now does one of two things. Either she wears ear plugs to bed, or if he is really bad and she is exhausted she will sleep in the guest room. Guess this must work for them because they have just celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary this past August.

abbycats is right. I think the most effective snoring solution is ear plugs. They sell some very soft ones that shouldn't aggrevate your ears at all. I used to wear them because Cody also snores like a freight train at times and it was starting to drive me absolutely mad...

Now I don't use them anymore because I've gotten used to the snoring and nudging him gets him to usually stop long enough for me to drift off.


Anyways... He doesn't like to snore and I worry about him having/developing sleep apnea so we are thinking about investing in something similar to this: http://www.snoremate.com/index.html

This is our last resort to stop the snoring, this is supposed to hold your jaw in the correct position and help keep your airway open. In our trials, neither the throat spray for snoring nor the nose strips worked...

I hope this does!!


Also keep in mind that not only smoking affects snoring, but weight, genes, age, alcohol, and posture all affect whether or not you snore and how loud it is. ^^ Have you tried getting an elevated/wedge pillow? They are super comfy to sleep on.


Edit - I just wanted to share that I had a horrible horrible snoring problem when I was younger and I had my tonsils removed along with my adenoids and I haven't snored since. Even though I AM overweight and I used to smoke.

He should have a sleep study done. It's likely he has sleep apnea which is a dangerous thing to have and can lead to all kinds of health issues including heart problems. If he does have that he will need to use a CPAP machine when he sleeps. That will not only give him a more restful sleep, but also allow him to fall asleep faster, and he won't snore!!!

CPAP Machines are fairly loud, my grandfather wears one too.

But they sound a lot better than snoring!! It's a constant noise, almost as if you have a fan running in the background.

Originally Posted by LDG

Is it dangerous to fall asleep with headset from MP3 player in your ears? Maybe listening to tunes would help?

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I don't know if this is dangerous or not, but I was going to suggest the same thing. I just starting doing this, as got a pair of really nice noise canceling headphones (not little earbuds).

It would certainly keep you from hearing snoring and you would get to listen to music too.

Not really sexy though!


I agree with everyone else that if Hubby's snoring is that bad he really does need a sleep study. My old boyfriend was horrible. I made him go to the doctor and turns out he had really bad apnea. The photo they took of him all hooked up for the sleep study was hilarious. The Cpap made all the difference.

I think headphones would be safer than earbuds. The headphones themselves may prevent you from rolling to your side, but with the earbuds in you may very well roll onto your side and at the very least aggrevate your ear canal.