dh snoring wtf do I do?

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He's always snored but it's getting worse - every night chain saw for the past 6 months. He gets up at 6am to go to work so I am exhausted. If I wake him he says I am yelling at him and he can't help it. But if I don't, I lie awake listening to the bed shake til I drop off from exhaustion at about 430am. What to do?

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Ps no spare room or obv I'd go there

Doctors?

I don't mean go and sleep at the surgery by the way

I'm just wondering if anything is wrong to make it this bad for the last 6 months?

Those snoring strip thingies which go across the nose work ok (big as well as a swift kick in the back). Or keeping the bedroom window open

I usually try and shift him into a different position till he stops.

I feel your pain.

Make him sleep on the lazy boy downstairs. Does my neck no good, nor my back... nor my sleep but it keeps DW happy...

Oh this is hellish. I am sat on the sofa with heartburn and stinking cold as DH thunders away upstairs. This is an unusually bad night though. Normally I go to bed first and once I'm away it doesn't matter as much. Or I kick him out and be sleeps on the sofa. If its that bad you need to get him to a GP.

Sympathy to you.

Make him sleep on the lazy boy downstairs

You have no idea how many replies I've typed and deleted

Ha ha @ lazy boy!

Honestly, I know I am being wildly self pitying here. But...SOB

He is stressed as all hell & does absolutely no exercise (none) despite my urgings so I fear the gp will be a wasted trip. Think he's just getting older & fatter (he's 41, I'm 30). I love him dearly but it's driving me mad. Maybe I should invest in a spenny luxe sofa bed? (There's no moving him once he's asleep, it's me with crick neck on the sofa downstairs.)

If he's overweight or has excessive weight in the face/neck area, it can increase the likelihood of snoring. Dp has always been a snorer, it's horrible when you are trying to get to sleep too. He has lost weight recently and it has improved.

Feel for you OP - snoring sucks

Talking of sleep apnea....

My 9yr old made me cry laughing the other day.

He asked me what it was so I explained. I said it's worse than 'normal' snoring and some people have to sleep with a mask on that's attached to a machine.

He said "Oh yeah, the man who lives at number 43 has sleep apnea"

We said "And how on earth would you know that??"

He said, "Because in the summer, he's got a big pipe hanging out of his bedroom window"

Errrm...that's the pipe for his air conditioning unit?!?

He thought it was attached to a mask and it 're-directed' the snoring noise out the window and into the street

Still, I think he should patent the idea!

Worra - that's classic! DH is not overweight - he has a bit of a tum but is otherwise normal. And IF ONLY he snored just when lying on his back...! Nope. He's currently lying on his stomach and I can hear him going from down a flight of stairs and across the house :(

Will suggest he sees GP - thanks. Otherwise I guess I'm just stuck with it.

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Book the appointment and tell him you'll go with him if he feels embarrassed or unable to explain.

My DH is shit at talking to the Doc and actually plays things down, which is really odd and a waste of everyone's time.

If that doesn't work, I'll get DS to hurry up and create a prototype

No one has mentioned ear plugs, so I will be the first.

Put a pillow over his face until he stops breathing

I feel your pain. I am still up now because I can hear him snoring upstairs!
I tend to go to bed first and wear ear plugs because once I am asleep I rarely wake up.

Tonight went pear shaped because I went out and he went to bed first selfish bugger

I think roxyrobin has it - I need to stifle him. Might go and take a recording of what he sounds like now.

Best wishes to all my fellow snorees also - may your earplugs be thick and your kicks true!

This thread makes me wish we still had a spare room. People don't understand the utter torture of having to bed share with a snorer.

I filmed DP as he snored. He denyed it and (in front of my parents) made me show him the proof...god, how they laughed at the footage!!

DH is terrible for snoring, ususally its when hes on his back but on a bad night it makes no difference if i move him on his side.
What does help massivly though is lavender spray/oil. i have a lavender pillow spray (think its made by radox)
A few squirts of that and not a peep. (Or few drops of oil work just as well).

I dont know why/how it works but it does

Also sometimes if the bedroom is stuffy he will snore so opening the window to let fresh air in helps.
His head height can cause snoring so adjust his pillows depending on whether he is too high/low.

I sympathise with you as it is horrible having to listen to it.

There's a thing you can buy on QVC or IdealWorld or some such. It looks like a footballers mouthguard and realigns the bottom jaw to stop the snoring. No idea if it works though.

My husband has started sleeping with an extra pillow & hardly snores at all now.

Some nights it seemed that I was waking every hour.

Then when it´s quiet, couldn´t sleep for the waiting for it to start again iyswim.

all those with excessive snorers - please get them to a GP

snoring can be indicative of serious health problems

My dh became a snorer (having never snored before) about 8 years ago. He snored however he was lying and is not overweight. It was every night and made sharing a room impossible and made holidays expensive because we needed 2 rooms. The only thing that has worked is a cpap (the mask and pipe contraption). It has transformed our lives because he doesn't snore at all now, ever. He uses it even when he sleeps alone. Some people don't get along with the face-bit but there are loads of different types. His just goes over his nose because he was a nose-snorer (i.e. snored with his mouth shut).