Oof my husband snores. I let him fall asleep first because it’s worst when he first falls asleep, when I get in bed I say please stop snoring and he can for long enough I get to sleep, and I guess it’s just not as loud after that because I almost never wake up from it. If I snore it wakes me up though, happens rarely but sometimes if I am on my back will snort while asleep and it jerks me awake - I don’t understand how my husband can sleep though his own snoring, at all .
I gently poke/push her until she moves or wakes up
I got used to it. It used to keep me up, but now I hardly even notice it.
Same
By poking me so I lay slightly differently so I don’t snore.
Your life insurance rates go up if they find out.
My wife snitched on me to my doctor, I had a sleep study at a clinic, and now I use a CPAP machine when I sleep, which supposedly helps.
Your life insurance rates go up if they find out.
Is this some sort of American joke that I’m too European to understand?
Excuse my over used joke, but that cant be true?
Life insurance isn’t health insurance. It pays out when you die so your family isn’t fucked over by funeral costs and the sudden loss in income.
Its rather obvious that the other guy meant health insurance. I didn’t even notice the different word they used by (presumably) accident, I guess my brain auto corrected it lol. But thanks for pointing that out.
I’m fairly certain he meant life insurance. In the US under the ACA, charging people higher premiums or cancelling their coverage due to pre-existing conditions is illegal
Oh okay. The more I learn about the insurance system over there, the more confused I am.
But I’m confused anyway so its probably a me problem.
As an Aussie I’m glad to have free healthcare.
Do you feel more rested now or notice any difference?
I haven’t noticed any difference from before, but my wife has stopped nudging me awake to get me to stop snoring.
I’m not the person you asked, but I’ve been on my CPAP for a year now. Yes, it does what they say, but I hate it with a passion. She can sleep, but now I wake up 4 times a night feeling like the damn thing is suffocating me.
Been on it for a couple of years. It’s a difference like night and day. You don’t really notice how fucked you are by the apnea until you are not.
Earplugs.
I just kinda gently jostle her a little until she stops. Its usually about the angle of the head in my experience (at least for my wife!)
Snoring is most commonly caused by ectopic fat in the airway, which is driven by a impaired metabolism (96% of adults). The good news is the body really does not want fat in the airway (or in muscles, or the liver, or in the visceral cavity), and this often resolves in a few months after fixing your metabolism.
I used to snore very loudly, extremely so. Doing low carb for a few months resolved my snoring (and many other things)… so I was still very fat but not snoring anymore. Which is a win.
I don’t, neither of us snore.
I had deviated septum surgery. Took 2 years and $20k but breathing through both nostrils for the first time in my life was worth it.
Significant other needs to get treatment. CPAP, for instance. Lose weight, if applicable. Surgery if necessary. Address the root of the problem because it can be a significant health issue for them, while also impacting your health via mechanisms related to lack of restorative sleep.
If it’s just a once in a blue moon thing, and waking them up / having them change positions doesn’t resolve it, I will go sleep in another room, put in ear plugs or listen to some relaxing music with earbuds in to drown out the snoring.
What if they can’t find a root cause?
I use a CPAP and it is wonderful!!! I don’t snore anymore and she very rarely does.
I ignored using it for years until my state mandated that if you don’t use it you will loos your driver’s license so I started using it.
I felt like an idiot for not using it sooner. It was insane how much I was not sleeping.
I wasn’t snoring I was suffocating myself.
I want to know how your sleeping conditions are connected to your state’s DMV.
The state lists sleep apena under head injuries and seizure disorders as conditions that impair drivers. So to renew or get a license you have to produce the sleep study that diagnosed the ailment and two years of usage logs of the CPAP.
That sounds like a disincentive to diagnosis
different personal experience here. CPAP works, I don’t snore, my wife is happier. A year in, I HATE it. no matter what mask I try, how I sleep, I fucking hate it. Now I’m miserable and waking up all night because I feel like the damn thing is smothering me. And she wonders why I’d rather sleep down stairs.
You mention trying different masks, and none working. Have you asked about reducing the pressure? Or maybe switching to a BiPAP that reduces pressure for exhale? Nothing is guaranteed to help, but if you haven’t explored those options, might be worth asking.
Every time she says she didn’t sleep well, I apologise for snoring just in case.
Every time I’m awake in the night and she’s snoring, I just try and ignore it.
I nudge him in the ribs and tell the spouse to roll onto his side. When it’s bad like when he’s got a cold, I hit the sofa. He will do the same.
i snore louder back.
gets them everytime.
then we both go back to sleep.
