No sleep. Husband snores all night.

[Longsufferingmum2]

My autistic son stayed asleep all night. My daughter stayed asleep all night. The puppy (who sleeps in our room, God help me) even stayed asleep all night. But HE snored like a bear since 1:30am. I couldn't even sleep in another room as we have building work going on and the house is a state. So I could either stand in the kitchen, sit on the loo, sleep in the bath or lie in my bed with Dracula. I actually feel ill. I never get much sleep anyway due to autistic child and the damn puppy we bought him to help his autism.

Moan over.

Does he know he snores so badly? Most importantly dies he care?

Ear plugs. I got custom made ones so the fit only my ear and are comfortable. But there are others around.

My DH snores when he is on his back. I make him roll over. Now he doesn't even wake up, he just does it. He has a collapsed nostril.

When the house is better, start the evening cuddling, then separate beds.

Also the nose strips worked well.

Get it checked out as it could be operable.

I feel your pain ... Although my DH didn't believe me, so one night I recorded him on my phone -- he now rolls over when I give him a shove !
I find if I'm asleep before him I'm usually ok, if not there's no sleep for me !!
Custom made ear plugs are new to me ^^ off to look them up !

Does he snore often? Please get him to see a doctor if so. Could be easily fixable (eg I was given a steroid nasal spray) but it needs checking out in case it's sleep apnoea, which can be fatal.

Sorry to jump right in with that, it's just close to my heart as my dad has it. He now has to use a CPAP machine at night which is a PITA but it makes sure he doesn't stop breathing.

Snoring is often thought of as just one of those annoying things but it really can be a serious issue.

Yes -get him to a sleep clinic pronto. Sleep Apnea is treatable (CPAP, as fuzzpig mentioned above) but has bad long term affects on the sufferer - and on the sufferer's long-suffering partner, as well you know OP!

Hope it all works out well.

Thanks for all your sympathy, it makes me feel much better. He does know he snores, he does feel sorry about it, he does roll over when I push him but then just snores like a different animal. The reason he snores is because he's overweight. I've bought him sprays, strips etc to no avail. I've got earplugs but I can hear him through them as he's incredibly loud. He needs to stop eating so much rubbish and do more exercise. He did do some this morning before he went to work as he felt guilty and fat about the snoring. Normally it wouldn't be a problem as I usually decamp somewhere else. It's only at the moment I've nowhere else to go unless I get in with one of the children and that's like sleeping next to a starfish crossed with a donkey. I'm just moaning, that's all.

It is very frustrating. I have no idea how my mum managed for the decades before my dad got his diagnosis.

BTW, the fact he is overweight makes it even more likely that he could have sleep apnoea. Please don't ignore this.

DH went to the doctor (after I finally flipped) and was referred for a sleep study, which he had four weeks later (results to follow). If you're in the SE, there's a specialist sleep disorder unit at East Grinstead (Queen Victoria Hospital) which your GP can refer directly to. However, the snorer does actually need to accept that there's a problem (even if it's just to get you to stop nagging and moaning ) and get themselves to the GP.

I was amazed though that the GP didn't do any health advice for DH first of all (i.e. lose some weight, do some exercise) and just referred straight away. Although perhaps that's just what DH told me [suspicious]. I do get to go to the hospital follow up though .

Seriously though - GP, sleep study soon as poss.