snoring - how do i make it stop?

decides2dream

besides smothering you with a pillow in your sleep?


my husband snores on occasion. i find the best remedy is him rolling over into a new position. sometimes all i have to say, quietly, is 'honey, roll over.' othertimes it's like he's arguementative in his sleep, and he'll ask why and i have to explain that he's snoring loudly, and even then, sometimes i have to push him to roll over. thankfully more often than not, he simply rolls over without complaint and the snoring ceases. otherwise we may not be married over 15 years now.


so the 'poke and roll' option sounds the most realistic and secret to a happy marriage.

JSBE wrote:

i usually start off on my side all curled up (with a dog and a cat fused to me) and then eventually i think i end up on my back.

you sound just like my husband!
except only one dog in the bed, fused to his side. the other dog sleeps under the bed, and the kitty is smart enough to sleep in her own gargantuan bed in the LR away from us all, haha.

markymark550

decides2dream wrote:

othertimes it's like he's arguementative in his sleep, and he'll ask why and i have to explain that he's snoring loudly, and even then, sometimes i have to push him to roll over.

hehe....That sounds like me. Or rather, from what I have been told, that sounds like me. I bet my wife would say I argue more about stealing the covers though.

JSBE

decides2dream wrote:

my husband snores on occasion. i find the best remedy is him rolling over into a new position. sometimes all i have to say, quietly, is 'honey, roll over.' othertimes it's like he's arguementative in his sleep, and he'll ask why and i have to explain that he's snoring loudly, and even then, sometimes i have to push him to roll over. thankfully more often than not, he simply rolls over without complaint and the snoring ceases. otherwise we may not be married over 15 years now.

apparently last night i was either asked to roll over or poked/prodded to roughly 8 times (i only remember once) and she was so annoyed at one point that she yelled "what the hell?!??" at me really loud...which i did not hear.

i guess i am arguementative in my sleep too and will talk back sometimes telling her that i'm not snoring, eventhough i clearly am.

GreenTeaDisease

I actually have a friend who is the worst snorer I have ever met. it is almost not human. Whenever we all go away together or stay at people's houses, whatever, it is like a race as to who is *not* going to share a room with her. It's impossible to get a good night's sleep when she's in the same room. I've made so many attempts to get her to stop over the years but it's pointless (throwing things at her, rolling her over, poking her, etc). It's not really a problem for usbecause we don't have sleep with her on a regular basis. But this girl has plenty of boyfriends and I can't understand what they do when they sleep with her all the time! they must go crazy! I just don't get how it works!

anotherclone

My hubby is a snorer. I sleep with earplugs and a pillow over my head.

in_hiding79

This is funny, I snore too and my husband just a bit! He is always telling me that I snore loud and told me to roll on my side...lol

Breathing strips work, but I use the ones with vapors...:)

deadnote

change the medicine

or put on a hex

FinsburyParkCarrots

My brother has made partition walls shake with his snoring. No joke.

decides2dream

JSBE wrote:

apparently last night i was either asked to roll over or poked/prodded to roughly 8 times (i only remember once) and she was so annoyed at one point that she yelled "what the hell?!??" at me really loud...which i did not hear.

i guess i am arguementative in my sleep too and will talk back sometimes telling her that i'm not snoring, eventhough i clearly am.

seriously, wtf is with that? :mad:

how long are you married? in time, she'll learn...and you will also get *conditioned*....:D first, she'll just learn to push you into the proper position when you don't listen, and in time....you will learn to respond to very faint stimulus to get you to move, as in 'honey, roll over'....or a small push. most of the time, it works nowadays. only on occasion does he revert back to argumentative tactics while asleep and clearly snoring!

markymark550 wrote:

hehe....That sounds like me. Or rather, from what I have been told, that sounds like me. I bet my wife would say I argue more about stealing the covers though.

well we have to get back somehow now eh? i am accused of hogging covers, but more often than not...it's the dog! however, i defi nitely hog bed real estate, i like to be in the middle of the bed.

JSBE

decides2dream wrote:

seriously, wtf is with that? :mad:

how long are you married? in time, she'll learn...and you will also get *conditioned*....:D first, she'll just learn to push you into the proper position when you don't listen, and in time....you will learn to respond to very faint stimulus to get you to move, as in 'honey, roll over'....or a small push. most of the time, it works nowadays. only on occasion does he revert back to argumentative tactics while asleep and clearly snoring!

i have no idea how i slept through it all. apparently i can sleep through anything.

we're not married yet. still engaged.

markymark550

decides2dream wrote:

well we have to get back somehow now eh? i am accused of hogging covers, but more often than not...it's the dog! however, i defi nitely hog bed real estate, i like to be in the middle of the bed.

I should have said that it's a constant battle to hog the covers with us. Although, my wife loves to sleep in the middle of the bed too. So usually I wake up sometime in the middle of the night lying on my side about to be pushed off onto the floor. At that point, I move her over, steal the covers, and get more room for myself all in one smooth motion.

PJPixie

I'm an awful snorer. I've always been that way. I had the "SURGERY" two years ago because I was diagnosed with a deviated septum and sleep apnea.
The surgeon went in and un-deviated my septum (not sure what the actual procedure is called), removed my uvula- it was blocking my airway, and he also shortened my tongue (from the back-as it was blocking my airway as well).

Two years later........I still snore and still suffer from Sleep apnea. I just went on the MASK about 5 months ago and it's hell getting used to. I keep trying but it seems that i wake up about a million times with that thing on which is just as a bad as NOT sleeping. Not helping my ZOMBIE like-ness during the day at all.

After I had the surgery, the first time I spent the night at my sisters house, her husband woke up the next morning and announced "YOU SHOULD GET YOUR MONEY BACK FROM THAT SURGEON" :(

and yes..........I have woken myself up from snoring.

failedpersephone

you should tell your sig other to punch you hard in the nuts when you snore.

I bet you try really hard to stop snoring after that!

(actually everyone already had all the good ideas...sleep study test may be in order here, Cap'n.)

Yeild2PearlJam

PJPixie wrote:

I'm an awful snorer. I've always been that way. I had the "SURGERY" two years ago because I was diagnosed with a deviated septum and sleep apnea.
The surgeon went in and un-deviated my septum (not sure what the actual procedure is called), removed my uvula- it was blocking my airway, and he also shortened my tongue (from the back-as it was blocking my airway as well).

Two years later........I still snore and still suffer from Sleep apnea. I just went on the MASK about 5 months ago and it's hell getting used to. I keep trying but it seems that i wake up about a million times with that thing on which is just as a bad as NOT sleeping. Not helping my ZOMBIE like-ness during the day at all.

After I had the surgery, the first time I spent the night at my sisters house, her husband woke up the next morning and announced "YOU SHOULD GET YOUR MONEY BACK FROM THAT SURGEON" :(

and yes..........I have woken myself up from snoring.

ahh steven, what a crack up

you have also awakened the entire Los Angeles to Europe touring crew!!
Altough i started to miss your symphony when i landed in New York :(

PJPixie

Yeild2PearlJam wrote:

ahh steven, what a crack up

you have also awakened the entire Los Angeles to Europe touring crew!!
Altough i started to miss your symphony when i landed in New York :(

Hey Jazz, wanna spend the night at my place tonight?? wink wink.....

speaking of Europe.........how's about the snore strips we layed on everyones pillows at night?? good times man, good times!!