How to deal with snoring with no spare room

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My partner is a snorer and i am really begining to suffer, badly. I'm not sure if i'ma very light sleeper or just that his droning all night 3cm for my ear is too much for my sensitive eardrums.. but we have no spare room - last night after 2 hours of sleep i was woken up by the loudest snoring ever.. and no amount of shoving my feet into him changed anything, i took myself off to the sofa, where i was cold but managed to get back to sleep..

How should i manage without another bed to hop into? 2 bedrooms would be ideal..

I am nearly at the end of my tether - this ihas happened twice this week and a regular event at the moment - I actually felt like stabbing him at 2.54am, i can hear him from the front room with the door closed (i live in a flat).

I have asked him more than once to go to an ENT specialist to get it looked at (after having recorded it a couple of times to point out the fact how fucking loud it is) but y'know, his sleep must be more important than mine cos he hsant done anything about it. I'm going to send him an email i think to get my point over about how serious i am, this is just killing me.

If i dont leave him - I will end up killing him

How do other people live through the hell that is Other People Snoring?! Please tell i'm not alone!!

Dh was the same and got diagnosed with sleep apnoea. He now has a CPAP machine and no longer snores

OMG I snore which is really embarrassing. I'll be following this thread!

Same as @dementedpixie unbearable snoring to point I could hear him downstairs if he was upstairs he saw multiple ears nose throat specialists even had a operation to widen passages in his nose cut long story short he was diagnosed with sleep apnea despite people thinking it's for overweight people No hes slim very fit doesnt drink or smoke-Ask him to see Gp for referral!share your pain-its bliss when it stops!

I would tell him he's sleeping on the couch until he can make himself an appointment with a specialist. Seriously, if something like this was impacting my partner so negatively, of course I would try and get it sorted out. He's happy with it being your problem rather than his problem

I second the CPAP. Life changer.

Thanks you for making me realise that i am not going mad, or over reacting!

I'm sure theres sleep apnea issues, but honestly i am past the point of caring what is causing it, i just want it to stop.

What makes me so angry is he says just wake me up and send me to the sofa, every night when he goes to bed!

I go to bed ealier than him usually to try and get a coupl eof hours peacful sleep before the train starts on the pillow next to me

I wish we didnt live together actually!! just for my quiet nights!!

Murder. Murder would do the trick just fine!

You poor thing. I agree that he sleeps on the sofa now until he gets it looked at. It could be a life threatening problem! If he keeps falling asleep in the bed I would start waking him up every time his snoring woke me up/kept me up, until he got it checked out by the doctor.

Make sure he's properly awake each time you wake him up, if he starts struggling to go back to sleep each time he might actually start being a little considerate.

Sorry to say I used to try that going bed sometimes 2 hrs earlier wouldn't help I used to get so angry I'd sleep downstairs!doesnt help that room is above and could hear it still!no one understands unless they put up with it every night!tried earplugs nose strips everything he needs to see a specialist!

No idea. I'm permanently exhausted because my husband clearly doesn't care enough about me to sort his awful snoring out. It's really selfish. I don't want to go on holiday with him ever. People always suggest ear plugs but why should we feel uncomfortable all night?

Crikey, I'm a snorer so watching this thread!
DH says it's unbearable at times and he has slept in the spare room on many occasions.
I asked my GP about it and she said if I'm not falling asleep during the day then it's not sleep apnoea? So she didn't refer me to the sleep clinic. She did suggest losing weight might help though.

Dh didnt fall asleep during the day but was often tired and fell asleep easily sitting on the couch in the evening. Only a sleep study will show if its sleep apnoea

My DH is a terrible snorer, but this has really helped. He doesn't find it uncomfortable and it's honestly transformed our sleep.

The Good Night snore rings have saved our marriage. goodnightsnoring.com/

I wear two as my snoring is really bad (one on each hand), DH wears one and sometimes will still snore, just not as badly. I can still snore at times (when ill or very drunk), but the snoring is quite mild.

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@ImpossibleGirl

So glad I'm not alone with the snoring!

Just came back to this after the weeeknd - he slept on the sofa and this week i made an appointment at a specialist ENT for this Fidday - got lucky as there was a cancellation just before i phoned other wise it wouldn't have been before December!

He does have 4-5 kg to loose and is working on that at the moment, but reading your replies have made me realise just how important the effects can be on every-day life, our relationship, just everything, really... Fingers crossed this appointment wil get the ball rolling towards a solution.. ANYTHING !!

Dh snores. It's awful. Alternates between wet sounds, snorting and loud honking. No spare room, can't wear ear plugs due to piercings, want to kill him most nights.

DH has recently had a mouthguard made by the dentist, it's a game changer, we have tried everything over the years, sprays, strips, special pillows, surgery, cheaper mouthguards, you name it, nothing worked. This thing wasn't cheap but the difference is incredible, it's a Sleepwell device and I've recently been able to spend 2 nights in the same room as him and actually sleep for the first time in years!

Oh my God 2 years in different rooms!!
I'll keep the mouthgard in mind and tell him to talk to the dr about it, ihadn't thought of the dentist approach too.