Has anyone successfully stopped their partner's snoring?

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The situation is getting desperate! And earplugs do not work.

Yes - me and the children recorded him and persuaded him to go to the GP - he went for an overnight sleep assessment for obstructive sleep apnoea and the results scared him into getting treatment - it’s a serious problem with long term adverse health implications

send him to the gp
sleep apnoea is dangerous (I have it)
and most people can cure it with

• weight loss
• cut out smoking
• cut down on drinking

extreme cases need a cpap machine

Lose weight
Lose the fags
Lose the drink
Get a referral for the sleep clinic cos it's likely apnoea.

Yup- it’s the sleep apnea in this house too.
Hubby has a lovely machine now next to the bed. He puts a mask on and doesn’t snore allllllll night.
Yes the machine makes a bit of noise but compared to his snoring it’s like fairies tiptoeing across a snowy lake.
I do call him comrade Yorkshire though when he puts the mask on - he looks like a Russian cosmonaut from the 1950s!!

DH had tonsil and adenoid surgery as his adenoids were golfball sized and obstructing his breathin

Yeah I put a pillow over his head
Nice and quiet now

No he still snores and would wake the dead but I take a sleeping tablet so I get some sleep.

Booze and fags aren't the problem. Weight could be.

Blimey didn't realise it could be sleep apnoea 😱

Same here he has a mask and it’s amazing !!!!! Compared to the snoring where I want to kill him . It’s a proper referral and hospital thing . I’m sure if he lost some weight that would help . The mask not the sexiest thing but it’s amazing

He’s better now than when we met. He could’ve raised the roof 10 years ago but through raised awareness and threats he’s down to a soft snore.

Pop him in the recovery position - opens the airway and stops it.

TBH good sleep is essential for a good relationship.
If sleeping in another room (if you have one) means you both wake up refreshed, DO IT

My snoring is so bad I wake myself up.
I can snore lying on my front.
I am slim, do not smoke and do not drink every day.
But I snore like a train (the historic broken nose did not help)

Good sleep is more important than staying in the same bed.
If your DH has any of the treatable apnoea factors, get him to deal with them.

My DH won't go the doctor for fear of getting the machine. He says you can't drive if you are medically diagnosed, is this true?

CPAP machine is a last resort
and yes, they can take away your licence if its bad
BUT
Mine was never taken away - even when I was awaiting surgery on my nose.

Get him to talk to the GP and see whether he can make the lifestyle changes ....

My consultant also recommended this
www.hey.nhs.uk/patient-leaflet/advice-regarding-francis-alae-nasi-dilators/
I bought mine online
and it makes a HUGE difference (for me anyway)

I'm the snorer. DH is at his wits end and takes to the spare room in a huff.

I'm overweight, but it's getting worse as the weight comes off 🤔
I don't smoke, the snoring is worse when I'm not drinking.
It's not sleep apnoea according to him - we've listened to lots of recordings of sleep apnoea sufferers and he says I sound nothing like that, just LOUD.
I am worse if I forget my antihistamines at night.

Could be polyps?

@Ta1kinpeace not being diagnosed doesn’t mean you don’t have it, doesn’t prevent you falling asleep at the wheel - does he drive you around

Sorry, tagged wrong person

My DP stopped when he stopped smoking. It use to be so so bad !

When I was awaiting surgery they tested me for alertness and safety. I have apnoea but in a format that does not make me unsafe to drive. It does raise my heart attack risk though.

My DH snores, and someone recommended a mouth guard, and it's worked. It's not fool proof as sometimes it falls out, or he takes it out in his sleep, but it's made things a million times better. He did initially try something that went in his nostrils, but that made no difference. I think it depends on whether the snore originates from the nose or throat.

We start off in the same bed and end up with him moving to the couch.

But he is on a big mission to lose the weight, as it got worse when he gained 15 kilos, which I massively appreciate. (He has another 5 kilos to go)

Separate bedrooms.

Ex DP snored like a rhino. I recorded him and played it to him. I slept on the sofa I asked him to get treatment. He refused. I was sleep deprived.

He's an ex for a reason

We don't have a spare room. DP does volunteer to sleep on the sofa with no complaints and I sleep in with DD sometimes.

Considering moving house just so I can have my own room! Not great for our r/ship.

I'll encourage a doctors apt to get to the bottom of it.