Effective snoring solution

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I have just been away with a friend for a night and she told me that I snore! I downloaded a sleep tracker and for 20% of last night I was lightly snoring (about 25 - 30 decibels). I’m upset by this as DH and I rarely share a bed as his snoring is terrible. I find his snoring so antisocial and annoying that I really don’t want to be the same, I need to try to improve it.

I am a bit overweight but have recently joined a gym so am hoping to improve that.

I’m not a big drinker - I had had a couple of glasses of wine when I was away with my friend, but no alcohol at all yesterday.

I sleep on my side generally.

Can anyone recommend an effective snore stopper for nights when I am sharing a room with someone else?

Anyone?

would some kind of harness to keep
my mouth closed help? Surely I couldn’t snore through my nose?!

From experience with DH I can say nothing works apart from losing weight and abstaining from alcohol.

Snore sprays, nose plugs etc - work for about ten minutes and then the rest of the night is hell.

Separate bedrooms, marriage saver.

My dh and other people I sleep with (sister/friends on weekends away) say there is no rhyme or reason

I snore about 1 in 4 nights but doesn't matter if I've had a drink or not, what weight I am. Colds can make it worse and sleeping on my back. I try and face away from dh on my side

Did try the things you put in your nose but for me dh said they made no difference

Hopefully someone will come on and suggest something!

I have this problem and am mortified about it and hate people going on about me snoring if we have shared a room.

I'm now totally paranoid about sharing rooms which causes issues going away with friends.

There's a thing like a mouth guard that you put into your mouth at night to prevent your jaw slipping down and back.

I think it's called Smart Guard, but there are plenty of similar devices in the market.

You can use micropore tape to tape your mouth closed. I've been doing it a few months and am sleeping loads better. There's something about breathing through the nose that apparently makes you utilise a lot more of the oxygen, plus you don't lose so much moisture and end up dehydrated. It also reduces snoring.

Occasionally I find it annoying / uncomfortable, but most times I can't feel it when it's in place, and it sort of trains you to keep your mouth closed so you end up not really needing the tape.

Sounds like you both need a C-Pap.

do they stop snoring? surely you hear the noise of the machine instead though, which kind of defeats the object

No, the newest machines are very quiet.

@EASTERHolidaysareHERETreadcarefully DH and I are already in separate rooms. I want a solution for when I do have to share with somebody

@Wearygirl that’s exactly how I’m feeling. I don’t want to subject anyone to my snoring

@MrsSkylerWhite cpap is for sleep apnoea. The app hasn’t shown any apnoeas, just light snoring (about whisper level) but still enough to disturb my friend.

i’ll look into the mouth guard, the micropore idea is kind of what I had in mind but some kind of fabric device to keep my mouth closed rather than tape.

I have a high palate and small jaw so I do snore and it's nothing to do with weight.

If I share a room or go camping I use a nose strip and tape my mouth shut. I also wait until the other person is asleep. It stops about 80% of the snore to a normal or tolerable level. Last time my friend found it quite soothing, like a cat purring!

People are so rude about snoring. I literally cannot do anything about it. It's embarrassing as it's assumed you're a fat, lazy slob and it limits my life sometimes.

I go on holiday with a friend and she always wants to share a room to save on the price. I really didn't want to do this as I know I snore.

First holiday, night one, I kept awake until I knew she was asleep and then kept myself awake giggling because she snored and farted in spectacular style!

We always share a room now without a worry because we're both as bad as each other! We just don't talk about it...!

@nodogz and @Nepenthe how do you do the taping? Across your lips?

The tape is about 1cm wide, I use about a 3-4 cm piece, vertically in the middle.

Tell me more about the app. Dh refuses to believe how loud his snoring is. I've recorded it but he thinks it was briefly a bit loud. It wakes me up from next door! I would also like to see if there is apnoea.

Snoring doesn’t always need C-Pap as it’s not always caused by sleep apnoea. Obviously there’s nothing wrong with getting checked out if that’s a worry for you but it isn’t necessarily essential.

It’s called snore.

i’m just using the free version for a few nights to see how bad I am. Then I can use it again with a few different potential solutions to see if any are effective.

Thank you.

It's very simple. Lose weight, don't drink alcohol.

Very few non-drinkers in a normal BMI range snore.

There's a strong link between being overweight and snoring, though. That's just a simple fact.

There are of course other things that can cause snoring, but if you are also overweight, then of course people might assume it's because of the weight.

BMI 22.8, superfit, don't drink, recently started snoring like a badger some nights, not at all other nights. Nothing is black and white (apart from the badger...)
Sorry I can't offer anything helpful to the OP, I've tried all sorts and nothing seems to make a difference.