How have you alleviated your partners snoring....

[exploder3211]

OK... I am in a wonderful relationship now with a great man... But he snores like no tommrow.. Right in my ear too.. IS there anything that will help this???? Would a salt water spray help? He's not big into medical stuff so i am looking for ideas... Thanks

 

[danemodsandy]

'Sploder:

I'm gonna give you some advice that Dear Abby gave someone a looooong time ago:

"Learn to live with it. Snoring can be the sweetest sound in the world- ask any widow."

 

[exploder3211]

LoL... I am a light sleeper.. I have soo far learned to live with the TV on at night... Maybe i can break him of that and live with the snoring...

 

[DADoES]

Is it really snoring, or sleep apnea?

 

[toggleswitch]

Just put something in his mouth.

 

[petek]

Do what I've done... got my own bedroom..

 

[peterh770]

duct tape

 

[exploder3211]

Do what I've done... got my own bedroom..
No... I am *still* young enough i enjoy beaing awoken in the night to, um never mind... LoL

Glenn..
He does kick some and twich... And tosses and turns(i do to)... I have RLS and i know that meds have cured that.... But is that sleep apniea??? Hmmm...

Toggs,
See the email i will send you shortly... LoL

 

[lightedcontrols]

Gary says....

.....that I snore, and I guess that I do, because every once in a while I DO wake myself up. He has cured the problem by inserting ear plugs (in his ears dudes....now get that smirk off your face!) before he goes to bed. I've also heard that if you clear your throat, that will stop the snorer as well. Mark Lightedcontrols

 

[pushtorelease]

those Breathe Easy nasal strips that just tape across the nose work wonders! Just don't point and laugh the first time....but they really work.

 

[pushtorelease]

those Breathe Easy nasal strips that just tape across the nose work wonders! Just don't point and laugh the first time....but they really work.

 

[nmaineman36]

Snoring

Guys snoring is not something to take lightly. For myself I have sleep apnea. I snored like a freight train and could wake a whole house. Not doing anything about caused me to have a massive heart attack back in 2005. Snoring can lead to all kinds of things and I too would wake up choking and gasping for air.
I went thru a sleep study after the heart attack and found out that my blood oxygen levels would drop to almost 48% and thats dangerous. They had to give me oxygen to get me thru the rest of the study that night. I also woke up 300+ times a night and had actual sleep for just 171 minutes. Not enough to regenerate. I was always tired and sometimes I would shut my eyes at work and what I thought was 30 seconds turned out to be 20 minutes. Not something I would normally do.
Now I have my CPAP machine and I cant tell you how much I love that thing. I may look like a Borg when I am asleep but I sleep thru the night and have more energy and I dont snore anymore. Its a lifesaver and I should have done it years ago. Now I dont feel the need for a nap during the day and when I drive I dont feel like I am going to fall asleep at the wheel. Thats a very scary feeling and I am glad I dont feel like that anymore. So guys if you think you have it have it checked out. Oh and the Breathright strips do work but the skin on the nose takes a beating since you have to pull it off and put a new one on ...can get raw.

 

[~sudsshane]

Snoring~

Hey Chad..

Snoring can be a symptom of a serious health problem. My other half takes a presription nasal spray which helps tremendously. Its called fluticasone propionate.
His snoring would drive me nuts! Now I can actually sleep and stay asleep through the night. I would also tell you to encourage your bf to have a sleep study just to ensure he doesn't have sleep apnea. That is very dangerous and can lead to a heart attack if not treated.

Good luck
Shane

 

[48bencix]

weight loss

I used to snore enough to shake the house. My partner long departed the room to the other end of the house. Since I lost quite a bit of weight last year I snore much less.

But we do enjoy our rooms. We can get together anytime, it is not an open relationship! There is room for all our stuff, computers, clothes, dogs!

Martin

 

[brisnat81]

Seperate Rooms works

We've got seperate bedrooms too.

We go to bed together, and then the last one asleep goes to the other room. The first one awake, then goes into the other room. Plenty of snuggle time when awake, and plenty of room when you're asleep.

It works great for us.

 

[polkanut]

I have sleep apnea too. In Feb. of '99, I had surgery to correct the problem. I went through a sleep study beforehand and stopped breathing over 200 times in an 8 hour period. They also corrected a deviated septum, the piece of cartilage in the middle of your nose. That helped a alot also. I couldn't do the breathing machine because of claustrpohobia. I did it not only for myself, but for my wife as well. I only missed 2 weeks of work.

 

[exploder3211]

OK.... Stupid wirless connection cut me off... Ughhh...
Anywho.. I used to snore like crazy, but after my stroke and operations and such i quit... I did have ,massive sinus issues and i think it was the cause of this... I some how think he does too, as he gets real bad sinus head aches and the poor dear doen't bitch one bit about them. They gave me a Cpap thing and I hated it.. It made my sooo short of breath and they never could get it right... My dad had the same issue... What really helped too was taking a med for Restless leg syndrome... Thanks..
I may buy some breathe right strips and see if he will use them... Otherwise i will see if he will spray his nose like me with a saline spray

 

[whirlcool]

We have a freind who comes out to visit us once a year or so and he snores really bad. The guest bedroom is on the other side of the house, and when we went to bed, it sounded like our walls were moving in and out with each snore! The dogs would go in there and woof at him! We just could not believe that someone could snore like that!
He finally went and had some kind of surgery where they cut up the roof of your mouth and that reduced the sound greatly. Last visit when he closed the guest room door, we couldn't hear a thing!

 

[neptunebob]

Exploder please have your partner get a sleep study, I think it could really help him. I type reports for a hospital and one of the kinds I type are sleep studies. I am not saying this to be critical but I see from the picture thread (and soon mine will be there) that he is a quite a large and heavy man - the people who often are referred for sleep studies. Most hospitals can refer your friend to a sleep specialist, who over two nights can try C-PAP and other interventions.

If you did not do well with C-PAP it is possible that maybe the settings were not quite right. These settings can be changed, though that might require another study. I also believe that a sleep study and any interventions would be covered by most insurance plans.

I would also take steps to improve "sleep hygiene" - no caffiene after 2:00 P.M., stop smoking, lose weight, exercise daily (but not too late), and have a sleep routine to go to bed at a regular time, also keep the bedroom relatively cool. Like I said, I don't mean to sound critical but I think all these steps can help. Nep

 

[exploder3211]

Thanks Neptunebob... The biggest factor would be cost at this point.. I hate to say he acts like a hobo at times... SO he is afraid of dr's and money... He has money, but he is stingy at times.. OH well.. I can deal with that.... He's very sweet otherwise..
They did 4 sleep studys after the 1st on me and could never get the unit right... I don't snore and after all was said and done i sleep very well... If i take my rls meds

 

[frigilux]

I found a large, soft pillow does the trick. But it takes longer than you think.

 

[jamman_98]

Most effective way

I left my partner. No more snoring problem LOL. Actually I suffer from Sleep Apnea and if not treated it can be very harmful over time. I have a bipap machine and sleep very well. It is something your partner/spouse has to get used to but I know couples that no longer sleep together over the machine.

Joe
jamman_98

 

[kenwashesmonday]

I deal with his snoring by holding the pillow to my right ear and the blanket to my left ear.

Ken

 

[sukething]

I to have a cpap...

I am a large man and I do have sleep apnea. I was diagnosed with this several years ago, when I could not stay awake in the middle of the afternoon. I do have my cpap machine and sleep with it, and do not have problems now. Yes I have had my heart attack already October 31,2003. Since then I have been doing ok. I have recently met a wonderful, caring, loving man who likes bigger/bears/chubs. He says I do not snore and nore does the machine bother him when we sleep. I have many of my friends in the bigger/chub world who use cpaps machines.

David

 

[appnut]

David, a little belated happy birthday for ya, 3 days late.

I've heard it be said that on bear campouts, you'll go by tents and hear snoring and others you won't--thus cpap machines. It is a fine line for those of us who like beefy, burly men (and are one too) regarding sleep issues. The first person who ever spent the night had a cpap machine--he was a little emabarssed about it, but I had no probs with it. In fact I felt like I was sleeping with the Lone Ranger and the noise eventually lulled me to sleep.

 

[cvillewasherbo]

Me too

I'm a large man and have sleep apnea. It was diagnosed in 01. I wouldn't go anywhere without my cpap machine. I even use it if I'm just taking a little nap in the afternoon. It's been a long time since anyone spent the night with me, so I don't know if the machine bothers anyone or not.

There is a strong correlation between heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and sleep apnea. Since I've been a very bad boy for most of my life, I have all of those. However, my sleep apnea is taken care of, blood pressure and diabetes are taken care of by oral medicine, had a bypass in 2000. So, I'm doing pretty well--I'm just FAT.
Courtney

 

[sukething]

Awh..bless you and thank you..

Thank you appnut for that since the vac web site is down and our presidant there and I have the same day. I believe he and others were having a good time at their party, "the birthday bash."

Hey Courtney, you are so right about the correlation between all of our illnesses. I do have all the ones you mentioned and yes they are controlled with meds.

I was rather shy about my weight until I came out (yes, out of that dam closet) and went to my first chubby/bear convention. I learned that there were men who actually liked people like us, and actually found us extremly sexy. After going to some of these events it put a whole new light on in my life realizing that I am attractive person, for the first time in my life.

I used to go camping with Girth and Mirth of the Rockies and yes we would find campsites with electricity for those of us with cpaps.

This is a great site, thank you, I feel at home here with you all. I thank Compact9 (a fellow collector here in Denver) who convinced me to check out this site.

 

[chachp]

You just get used to it

Mine snores a little and only occasionally. I think you just get used to it after a while. I miss it when it's not there. When it gets bad he is usually on his back and I nudge him a few times to roll to his side and then it usually stops. Maybe it's me waking him up that stops it LOL! I really don't know but it seems to do the trick.

 

[petek]

What's a cpap machine?

 

[sukething]

bipap, cpap....others

These are machines that people use to help breath at night while sleeping. This is a sleeping disorder on most people who are large or have a huge snoring problem. The machine can blow moist air into a mask that is elastically held over your head and nose while this happens it allows the person not to stop breathing through the night and that person when they get used to the machine, will get a restful nights sleep.

When you have heard someone snore and as they snore have that moment of not breathing and then they have that huge gasp of air that they take. That is usually a sign of sleeping disorder called sleep apnea. When this happens, when a person stops breathing the body has to work extra hard to not stop at all so it takes that huge gasp of air. Some of our parents had it as well, not realizing what they had.

This results in being very tired the next day like in the middle of the afternoon when you can not and I mean can not stay awake. It was mentioned in an earlier thread how you find out how this is tested.

I am sure othere here can explain this better, and please help if I have confused some of you.

David