OT - Snoring
Not mine.....my boyfriends.
I had what I would call an "cranky episode" last night. Something woke me up at 12:30 last night. I couldn't get back to sleep because Brad was snoring LIKE A CHAINSAW. and I get really cranky when I can't sleep.
I wear earplugs to bed every night in an attempt to block it out. Last night I actually tried to jam 2 earplugs in each ear. I put a pillow between his head and mine. Nothing I did blocked it. A couple of nudges stopped it for a minute or two and then it starts right back up. Finally, I am pissed and I jump up dragging my pillow and blanket to the couch. He hears me and beats me to the couch and won't let me sleep on the couch. I went back to bed and finally got back to sleep.
We have a tiny house. There is no extra bedroom, so there is nowhere to go but the couch. It's not the most comfortable couch (in fact, we've been looking for a new one). I'm concerned that he is not getting proper rest by sleeping on the couch, but yet I'm not getting my rest either with the snoring. Oddly, he doesn't snore as much when he sleeps on the couch - must be the angle his head is at. But I really can't kick him out of bed and send him to the couch all the time....can I???? Just kidding on that one. I really would like to find a solution.
Anyway, does anyone have a secret tricks that they use to combat snoring ?????
Lisa
I had what I would call an "cranky episode" last night. Something woke me up at 12:30 last night. I couldn't get back to sleep because Brad was snoring LIKE A CHAINSAW. and I get really cranky when I can't sleep.
I wear earplugs to bed every night in an attempt to block it out. Last night I actually tried to jam 2 earplugs in each ear. I put a pillow between his head and mine. Nothing I did blocked it. A couple of nudges stopped it for a minute or two and then it starts right back up. Finally, I am pissed and I jump up dragging my pillow and blanket to the couch. He hears me and beats me to the couch and won't let me sleep on the couch. I went back to bed and finally got back to sleep.
We have a tiny house. There is no extra bedroom, so there is nowhere to go but the couch. It's not the most comfortable couch (in fact, we've been looking for a new one). I'm concerned that he is not getting proper rest by sleeping on the couch, but yet I'm not getting my rest either with the snoring. Oddly, he doesn't snore as much when he sleeps on the couch - must be the angle his head is at. But I really can't kick him out of bed and send him to the couch all the time....can I???? Just kidding on that one. I really would like to find a solution.
Anyway, does anyone have a secret tricks that they use to combat snoring ?????
Lisa
LOL YES you can kick him to the couch when it gets that bad!! I did it to Chris for a long time because he refused to go for the sleep study. When he FINALLY went (about a year of nagging) they found that he has severe sleep apnea. He was getting up 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom. Not because he had to go but because he was awake so he would get up to go. Now he sleeps all night. Now the c-pap was another battle that took me 2 YEARS to win, now he won't sleep without it!
A non-surgical option would be to try those breathe right strips and see if that helps him in the mean time. I would get him to a DR just to have everything checked out. Also see if you can get him to sleep on his side (preferably the one facing away from you! lol)
Good luck!
Liz
A non-surgical option would be to try those breathe right strips and see if that helps him in the mean time. I would get him to a DR just to have everything checked out. Also see if you can get him to sleep on his side (preferably the one facing away from you! lol)
Good luck!
Liz
The fact of the angle change on the couch makes me go, even more so than the snoring, "sleep study" Perhaps the angle is helping to keep his airway open better than in bed. In the meantime, maybe see if he can sleep with a wedge under his pillows (it'll take some getting used to, they sell them at places like Bed bath and beyond, and perhaps even cheaper at kmart/walmart but I haven't looked there.
I have moved myself to the couch on multiple occassions due to brian's snoring at times. If I am asleep it doesn't bother me...but if I am awake when he's asleep....then forget about it. We do have a spare room - but it's a pull out couch in that one, too...so it's easier for me to just go to the living room and sleep on that couch - cause I'm sure as crap not pulling out a pull out couch at 2am or whatever time it is...and the couch in the living room is bigger anyway.
Get him to a sleep study. Even if it means guilting him into it. I started keeping a pillow, blanket, etc under the couch in the living room so that I didn't "wake him" and get into an argument about who was sleeping on the couch. I only needed to do it a few times after that, and to his defense, he had a horrible head cold at the time, so the snoring was unusually load and frequent. But I can guarantee you the GUILT (yes, I can play that game) that would have ensued had he woken up and found me on the couch would've been enough to get him to go.
Good luck. Maybe take some benadryl before bed once in awhile?
I have moved myself to the couch on multiple occassions due to brian's snoring at times. If I am asleep it doesn't bother me...but if I am awake when he's asleep....then forget about it. We do have a spare room - but it's a pull out couch in that one, too...so it's easier for me to just go to the living room and sleep on that couch - cause I'm sure as crap not pulling out a pull out couch at 2am or whatever time it is...and the couch in the living room is bigger anyway.
Get him to a sleep study. Even if it means guilting him into it. I started keeping a pillow, blanket, etc under the couch in the living room so that I didn't "wake him" and get into an argument about who was sleeping on the couch. I only needed to do it a few times after that, and to his defense, he had a horrible head cold at the time, so the snoring was unusually load and frequent. But I can guarantee you the GUILT (yes, I can play that game) that would have ensued had he woken up and found me on the couch would've been enough to get him to go.
Good luck. Maybe take some benadryl before bed once in awhile?
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
Well gals, I have thought of a sleep study, but this is the man who wouldn't go to ER when he was having chest pain, so getting him to an overnight sleep study is easier said than done.
I think that I will mention this to his Dr. when we go for his follow-up visit in a few weeks. Maybe the Dr. can talk him into getting a sleep study.
In the meantime, I went online a purchased "supposedly" the best earplugs for drowning out noise. We'll see how they work. And I think I'll take Pam's suggestion to of getting a wedge pillow.
Lisa
I think that I will mention this to his Dr. when we go for his follow-up visit in a few weeks. Maybe the Dr. can talk him into getting a sleep study.
In the meantime, I went online a purchased "supposedly" the best earplugs for drowning out noise. We'll see how they work. And I think I'll take Pam's suggestion to of getting a wedge pillow.
Lisa
I hear you on the stubborness.
Let him know that sleep apnea can cause things such as high blood pressure, distress to the heart, and ultimately things like heart attacks. He's had chest pain before, so if he doesn't want to aggrevate it.....there are a bunch of other risk factors for sleep apnea.
I know all to well the difficulties with (some) people (men or otherwise) and getting them to the proper docs when they need it.
Hang in there!
Let him know that sleep apnea can cause things such as high blood pressure, distress to the heart, and ultimately things like heart attacks. He's had chest pain before, so if he doesn't want to aggrevate it.....there are a bunch of other risk factors for sleep apnea.
I know all to well the difficulties with (some) people (men or otherwise) and getting them to the proper docs when they need it.
Hang in there!
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
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