Has anyone solved the problem of a DH who snores LOUDLY??? Save us from divorce!

[DontGetIt]

I mean, what do we do next? Have tried sprays, nasal strips, mouth guard thingummy,ear plugs, but nothing works. We are now in different rooms and tbh I can still hear him, even when I leave the ear plugs in. He isn't over weight, and snores in any position so the poke-roll over approach doesnt help. He is LOUD. Bed vibrating kind of loud.

I cannot pretend to be blameless though since I am and always have been a bit over sensitive to noise. Even as a small child I remember listening to the telly whilst in bed wishing they would turn it off because it kept me awake. Didnt bother my brothers.

So if the snorer cant be helped, is there any way for me to be less sensitive??

Or does someone have a snoring rememdy that really does help..?

shocks not socks

Electric shocks?? I must be more bitter about it than I thought since my initial reaction was to smile in a slightly evil manner! But I can kind of see how that might work. Wakes him enough to stop the snoring, then over time he associates snoring with shock and somehow stops..? Hmmm.

Cupcakes - has he put the weight on again then? Could you try starving him?

www.slipperybrick.com/2008/12/snorepro-shuts-you-up-with-an-electric-shock/

This is it. I may give it a go...

Thanks for the link cupckae. Particularly like the recording function!

Cupcake even

He hasn't really piut the weight back on Grammaticus. When he was being seen by the sleep clinic they did discover he had sleep apnea which shocked him as is potentially very dangerous as your body does nit get enough oxygen while asleep and that cann effect your heart and stuff. It explained why he always had terrible problems getting up no matter bow much sleep he had as the quality of sleep was s poor.

I am going to go to Lloyds chemist tomorrow to see if they still have the snore pro in stock. I cant remember how much it was. I am not that hopeful though as if he still snores badly a while after getting shocked it wil slill wake me up and you know how when you sleep with a snorer you can end up sort of waiting for the next snore and cant relax. It becomes a bit of a vicious circle.

cheery - pinprick allergy tests at the local hospital - they put little bits of possible triggers on you and see if there's a reaction. Certainly worth mentioning to the GP.

Yes, I like the recording funtion! Last night I was ferreting around looking for a dictaphone to 'prove' how bad it was!

Everlong - I use the foam earplugs virtually rammed into my ear drums and they are little use. Do the wax ones make more difference? Are they comfortable?

And Cupcakes - I so sympathise with that hating him for it feeling. There is nothing worse than listening to someone snore at 3am, and knowing that while you're wide awake he has the audacity to be asleep.

I've been known to sit up and shout "Shut the fuck up!" at him

Hassled - Me too! It all comes out at 3am when you have been listening to them snore for hours.

I have screamed obscenities at him and then felt terrible in the morning. I have had my mobile beside me when I have to sleep downstairs and called his upstairs as Iknow it ibrates on the wooden floors and then has a very loud tune - all to rouse him from his slumber and give me a chance of getting some much, much neeed sleep!

My DH is a nightmare snorer too. We tried an electric shock watch but he got used to it and could turn it off in his sleep very quickly.

We have been together twenty years and in all that time I have still not got him to go to the GP about it. He's been very close but just not quite got there ...

We have slept apart but we do prefer to share a bed.

Mine has a dust mite allergy as well as something physical. We have a new bed, wooden floors, blinds, wash sheets at sixty, wash duvet and pillows regularly. It makes some difference but doesn't stop the physical bit.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

Interesting ThingOne. I reckon DH has 2 different snores..he has tried a mouth thingummy which did work on one type of snore but didnt touch the other. He sort of has a nasal snore and a throat snore too, which he swaps from one to other all night. Does that sound daft or familiar to others?

Mixed snoring apparently very common.

It took me 12 years with DH to get him to the GP, and he'd snored for 25 years at least.

He's now evangelical about snoring treatment since his consultant told him that he would have died from his sleep apnoea - apparently a vast proportion of strokes and heart attacks are associated with sleep apnoea

Do you also get the mouth 'puff' sound that whilst not anyhwere near as noisy is incredibly annoying?

Is Mr cmotdibbler overweight if you dont mind my asking? My DH is skinny so would discount that...but he is always tired so do wonder.

A kick.
Scrape your toenails down the back of his calves.
Pull the quilt off him.
Shout "Fire".
Hold his nose.
Push him off the bed.
Say that there is somebody downstairs.
" " somebody is nicking his car.
Jolt hard so the mattress pings.

The mouth puff..oh yes indeed! That is the one where I start to get stressy and so nudge him and get that common 'Whaaaaat? I wasnt asleep' response!

MrCMOT is currently overweight, but was just as bad when he was underweight and very very fit

Oh god... reading this thread is making me dread bedtime

The Mouth Puff... lips together.. blow and POOOOOFF. Argh.

I keep meaning to take my mobile to bed and record him. If i wake him up he calls me a liar... says he cannot be snoring as he wasnt even asleep! To which I respond... Oh, so you were awake and making that noise on purpose just to annoy me then!!!

OOooh my poor blood pressure

Oh dear I am really laughing at this thread but it is tragic...
DH had it both barrels from me this morning but he says that he has a cold and is not doing it on purpose - just feels like it.

DH not as bad as some of yours but lying on side facing me is too much as is any amount of alcohol and rich food.

DH has agreed to sleep on sofa tonight to give me a break and one total night asleep for first time in 2 or 3 weeks.

Zero tolerance here I am afraid - also hate intrusive day to day heavy nasal breathing. Am I taking this one step too far?

I used to snore quite loudly until I broke my nose earlier this year.

It was the strangest thing, almost in an instant I could breathe better - when I had no idea previously that I was breathing blocked. And the snore, GONE!

So, despite an extremely painful nosebreak I am now breathing better and not snoring.

No idea what the problem was or exactly what the break did.

How about using a cricket bat?

Hmmmm cricket bat is sounding more attractive as I sit here, MNing, with the bedroom floor above my vibrating.

Oh i feel for you and all the others! Im downstairs and he is upstairs and i can hear him from here. he has an ENT appointment in a few days, have tried all sprays guards etc. its a nightmare. i hate him, i swear at him, i wack him, and all i get is an "oh am i snoring?" well DUH, then he promptly falls asleep again and resumes the tractor noises :/

i am going insane.

the boot wax earplugs are good, although theyre making my ears sore :/