My partner sounds like a jackhammer when he sleeps. HELP!!

[BorisTheBellend]

He has been sleeping downstairs for a long time as he had a bad back and it has been bliss for me. I am now too used to not having him in bed and am dreading the snoring when he does come back. I love him but it gives me red hot rage when he snores beside me. It's so loud I can hear him from upstairs with doors closed. I am happy to invest in whatever gives us both a good nights sleep as he does feel really bad about the noise level (I recorded him and he couldn't believe it).

He's been waiting on an operation on his nose which I think contributes to how bad it is but I don't think that's coming for a very long time.

Seriously,it is ok to sleep in separate rooms.
We do it, and it does Not affect intimacy or anything really, just both get a decent nights sleep without him worrying about waking me, etc.

It changed our lives for the better.

I also rent a holiday flat with one room and It is hell when we go there. I have to use a combination of fans, sleep-headphones and some nose strips for him.

Also, congrats on a fabulous user name 😁

We had separate rooms for years but we recently bought our own house and DH wanted to share again. I was dreading it and I was right - he’s like a furnace at night, he snores and talks, he steals the duvet

A few nights ago when it was really hot he got up in the middle of the night and put his pillow at the bottom of the bed so we were sleeping ‘top to tail’. He has decided it’s much comfier so he’s slept like that since and, even better, I can’t really hear him down there

We’ve tried all sorts for my DH and snoring...nose strips, nasal spray, he had surgery on a deviated septum. I’ve tried ear plugs but hate them. He worked on his fitness and lost a bit of weight which did help a bit and some nights are better than others...but I’ll be moving into one of the teen DDs’ rooms when someone leave home as I haven’t had a decent nights sleep for ages now.

Dh snores horribly too. I go to bed early sometimes so I can be asleep before him. I find these earplugs help. They are a gel type so mould to my ears and are great. Got them on Amazon. Just ordered more but lasted a few weeks as I reuse them. I can still hear my alarm too which helps as I worried about missing it.

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None of these blokes been to their GPs to ask if there's anything medical going on?

My DH before we were married had an op on his nose to clear one nostril due to his horrendous snoring. He said it actually made the snoring worse as both nostrils are clear now.
I want to cry at times his snoring is so loud.

I’ve been close to murder several nights in a row.

Oddly enough, after trying everything else, we tried vicks vaporab (can’t remember that’s the correct name).
He rubs it on his throat and nose before he falls asleep and it works wonders.

Oh this thread has made me even more anxious!

No chance of separate rooms as they're all filled and even though one DC is off to uni soon, the room is still occupied.

I use earplugs out of habit from the last time we shared but I am very sure the noise has quadrupled so I need industrial strength ones.

I was hoping one of the many snoring aids advertised on TV/online would be mentioned so I could buy one but I'm dubious as to whether they'd be worth bothering with.

Oh god! I honestly nearly murdered / divorced DH.
Then he stopped drinking. And all is harmonious once more.

Serious question, do GPs have anything to offer snorers for this?

I feel your pain. Fucking twat is snoring next to me. I love him when he is awake luckily.

Earplugs are your friends. I've only discovered them in the last year but wished I'd tried them years ago.

Can you hear the kids with ear plugs? Still got one that's little and I worry I won't hear them. Fog horn doesn't tend to hear the kids. No idea why.

I saw a GP about my snoring. She recommended losing weight (working on that), stay well hydrated during the day and don't drink alcohol within 5 hours of going to bed. Some improvement but it's not perfect.

Is he overweight? DH had a wake up call with a diabetes diagnosis at the start of lockdown and has lost 5 stone so far.

The best thing about it is the fact that he has completely stopped snoring. I was ready to kill him last year and was very stressed if I couldn't get to sleep before him as I knew I then wouldn't be able to get to sleep due to the noise.

If you cant have separate bedrooms then can you afford a proper sofabed in tge living room? There are good ones to sleep on but they're more expensive than the ikea ones.