I'm the snorer [sad]

[SnoreyStory]

I am 26, 9 stone, don't smoke, work out three times a week, don't drink a lot, yet I snore LOUDLY. It's making me really paranoid about sleeping with my new partner. My mother is also slim (smokes and drinks tho) and snores VERY LOUDLY and I don't want to end up being heard several rooms away

What can I do? I feel like a doctor would laugh at me.

I snore loudly - neither XH nor DH gave a stuff either on our first nights together when we had exhausted each other or subsequently.

But if it's getting you down, do go to your GP. I also noticed that my dentist had a poster up about snoring when I went for my check up this morning.

My ex didn't care but he was a heavy sleeper and we knew each other well. I know my new partner is a light sleeper and used to complete silence and although he hasn't said anything, he looks exhausted in the mornings sometimes and I worry that I've contributed to it...

I've tried the snore ring and the throat spray with little effect. Might try to see my GP but I don't even know what he might suggest?

It's very common, nothing to be embarrassed by. Go see your doctor, it may be a very easy fix for you.

My exH snored badly and got something done via the doctor. My current partner snores very loud as well, it does my head in as I'm a very light sleeper and he refuses to do anything about it. It's evidently my fault I cant sleep through it.

Do you know what your exH had done Granville?

Google 'sleep apnoea'. Not saying that is what you have but snoring is not something a medical professional would necessarily dismiss.

www.britishsnoring.co.uk/ - info here and products to try

my dh snored and got an operation for a deviated septum. He also lost weight and joined the gym which probably helped too. I used to wear ear plugs but no longer need them now

Yeah some sort of op to tighten the flappy bit at the back of his throat.

Have you tried the sprays, nasal strips etc?

My OH uses a spray sometimes which helps

My father was a gold medal snorer with a deviated septum and has handed on the baton to his three children, lucky us, we can snore in any position. With age and weight gain I've got worse, in fact I've downloaded an app called SnoreLab which has confirmed my worst fears (a 'Snore score' of 100 puts you in the top 10% of snorers, I've scored between 114 and 192 !). Prior to the app I was under the impression that my husband exaggerated how much I was disturbing him, now the only way forward seems to be separate rooms which makes me very miserable.
On a recent girls weekend away a good friend sheepishly requested separate rooms as she had got no sleep on our last jaunt. I find it a very embarrassing, unattractive 'habit' not to mention extremely unladylike. I'm even contemplating the op but I heard it was very painful and often unsuccessful. I wonder if anyone has any experience of it?

Sorry I hijacked your thread a bit there Snorey! But just to say I would feel exactly the same if I was in a new relationship. I can tell my husband gets very exasperated with me by the numerous nudges, followed by deep sighing and "turn over for God's sake"- ing that goes on. Not much fun for either of us :-(

Could be sleep apnoea. One of my sons has this and has a machine he wears at night which stops the snoring, my wife is a terrible snorer and I think she may suffer the same.

My dh is now sleeping downstairs cause of my snoring

I recently downloaded an app called SleepTalk which records any nocturnal sounds - ie me snoring! - which I intend to take along to a gp appt. I think most of mine is just normal snoring but there are a couple of 'gasping' episodes which may be apnea? Always worth getting checked out OP even when it seems silly.

I was a snorer. I had surgery just one week ago for deviated septum and endoscopic sinus clearance. I also has a nasal polypectomy. I can now breathe clearly through my nose and haven't snored for two nights! Look into nose v mouth breathing and mention polyps to your gp. I suffered unnecessarily for two years.

I'm a terrible snorer too. All my family are.
This thread might inspire me to try to improve things here. It sucks.

I second (third? fourth?) a sleep study to determine if you have sleep apnea.

Snoring has several causes. In my case (and many cases where the nose strips/sprays etc don't work), it's because your throat it closing and the narrowed airway + air flow = snoring (think of blowing through a straw and what happens when you squish it a bit).

I don't "apnea" several times a night, in fact it's rare that I do, but that doesn't mean I don't have sleep apnea. In fact it's this narrowing of the airway (snoring) that is my main symptom which are called hypopneas.

Sleep apnea is bad. The snoring (and so the collapsed airway) reduces my blood oxygen levels which can cause a whole slew of issues including weight gain and in extreme cases can result in death.

I cannot empasize enough how this is NOT your fault and how much you need to get tested.

If it's not sleep apnea, GREAT!, then you can try alternate solutions. I had suggestions of weight loss and having my tonsils removed.

As it turns out I have a CPAP machine (a ResMed S9 with a humidifier and full face mask) and i rarely snore. On bad nights I still do but my husband said the masks mutes it so it doesn't bother him as much :D

Everything that skydelic said ^^

Not all snorers need an op. A CPAP machine can work wonders.

Don't ignore it because snoring is a serious medical problem. Go to your GP and don't bother with buying the over the counter stuff in the chemist - they don't work.