Whatsischops & TicketyBoo83 - off to Specsavers I go too.
I use wax/silicone earplugs they cost £1.99 from Savers. They only block out the snoring to a certain level. I also take herbal sleeping pills and headache pills. I shouldn't be taking head ache pills every night just to get to sleep but that's what desperation for sleep does for you.
Lately, I'm aware that I'm anxious falling asleep because - he's going to start snoring any minute. It'll start......just as I'm drifting away to sleep.
Then it starts, my various attempts to get him to shut the fuck up snoring: I nudge his leg with my heel. I pull his pillow down to bring his head back which should open his jaw a little and ease his breathing/snoring. I stroke his hair. I stroke his back.
Then he's got the bloody gall to criticise me for waking him up and not letting him sleep ! Well stop fucking snoring and we'll both get some sleep.
As usual my attempts to stop him snoring achieves precisely nothing, but I'm not yet angry enough to go to the spare room. I'm still hoping I'll fall asleep despite the anxiety - yeah right. He snores more and more. I rage more and more.
Right by now it's probably 1am. I've been attempting to get to sleep for three fucking hours. He's been asleep and snoring for all that time
FINALLY it is, as usual, once again ME that moves into the spare room. Why ? Because he's asleep so he's got no problems. Oh and he can't get to sleep in the spare bed. So it's muggins that sleeps in the spare bed again or I won't get any sleep. Gah !
He reckons to miss me when I'm not in bed with him at night - but that's not enough motivation to fucking sort it. He might not even have slept that well. Really love ? Oh why's that hun ?
It was ME that introduced 'nose clips' for him to wear which he does at night. Mostly they don't work. I tried throat spray for him but that didn't work but a couple of posters say Nightol throat spray works so I'll try again with a different brand. I want to buy some new pillows as a freshly filled pillow might work. He didn't snore the night after changing the sheets which meant putting the existing pillow in a new pillow case that was freshly laundered and the pillow was a little tight in the pillow case. The next night the pillow case had relaxed and the snoring was back.
I'm prepared to keep trying different approaches until I find something that works.
If you've read all the way to the bottom, well done. In fact, it might have sent you to sleep.
As others have said, it's the stress/anxiety caused by the snoring and for me, further anxiety about being able to fall asleep because I'm so wound up which is the problem.
I too can fall asleep with the t.v. on.