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DH snores so loudly my pillow vibrates!

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fruitcake · 12/12/2004 21:39

I can't sleep with DH anymore! I have mountains of earplugs by the bed, in the bed, under the bed and have even resorted to sleeping tablets. Sleeping in the livingroom is not comfortable and we have no spare rooms or beds. Advice, please?

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FimboCLAUS · 12/12/2004 21:44

Sorry no advice would just like to sympathise as I have exact same problem, except his father is even louder and I think, is it going to get even worse as he gets older? I've lot count of the number of times I have tried to get to sleep on the sofa but ended up bawling my eyes out in sheer frustration. Sad

blossomgoodwill · 12/12/2004 21:45

Same here but a regular dig in the back with my elbow usually does the trick Wink
Send him on the sofa as well. I would never leave my bed for soemething that is dh's problem!!!!

FrostyTheSurfMum · 12/12/2004 21:48

Poor you. My x snored really badly and everyone found it funny, except me. If I went to bed first and got to sleep before he came up I was fine, but if we went to bed together it was just awful. Even worse if he had been on the beer. We did have a spare room and I used to go in there, but I could still hear him through the wall.

The x was told to lose weight when he went to the docs, but I think there is an op you can have.

You have my total sympathy.

paolosgirl · 12/12/2004 21:50

I posted a thread some time ago on the same subject. He moved into the spare room, as his snoring is so bad the bed vibrates. 10 years of marriage and I could put up with it no longer. I completely sympathise - has he been to the GP about it at all?

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fruitcake · 12/12/2004 21:50

Just told DH that I'm complaining about him on MN. Highly indignant,serves him right. I have even videotaped him. Maybe I should threaten to publish the tape! He's not fat but has a large chin which must press down on his throat when he sleeps. It sounds hilarious but I dread going to bed now.

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fruitcake · 12/12/2004 21:53

DH actually went to a sleep clinic to be tested for sleep apnoea (sp?) a couple of weeks ago. Results inconclusive. Seeing an ENT on Tues. Fingers crossed for liposuction!

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blossomgoodwill · 12/12/2004 21:53

Have you tried one of those sticky things that you put over the bridge of there noses. We did and it didn't work but it could for you. We even tried a spray from the gp with no success!

FrostyTheSurfMum · 12/12/2004 21:54

I taped the x one night on a dictaphone. He couldn't believe the noise he made. What did he think, I was digging him in the ribs and kicking him for no reason?

pedilia · 12/12/2004 22:25

Oh thank goodness, I thought it was just me, dh is TERRIBLE and the worst thing is that DS2 (8 weeks) snores like a grown man. Oh I am dreading it has he gets bigger !

DH saw Gp and was told it was a weight issue, lets hope that is an incentive hey !!!!!!!

sugaralmond · 12/12/2004 22:31

Do you have a spare bedroom - I use ours v often - can't stand snoring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jasper · 13/12/2004 00:01

Could you buy a comfortable sofabed to put in the lounge for him to sleep on?
My dh snores and we sleep in different rooms.

I would not be sane otherwise.

80sMum · 13/12/2004 00:11

I sympathise. Dh and I now have our own rooms for sleeping in (like the queen!) and it's heaven! I used to think I was a poor sleeper. But I'm not at all. It was dh waking me up all the time. If you can find anywhere else at all to sleep (airbed on the landing? bathroom floor? living room?) it has to be better than lying awake desperate to sleep. Snoring is no joke. It can break relationships down. Don't let that happen.

colditzcolditzcold · 13/12/2004 00:14

My dp has recently had an operation to help with his snoring - it was so bad it nearly split us up and was definatly affecting my mental health.

The surgeon chiselled some of the bone and cartalidge[sp?] out of his nose, and removed some polyps that he found up there. This operation is available on the nhs, we waited about a year for it in our area.

It hasn't helped much so far, but the swelling has yet to go down, and it has helped a bit already

colditzcolditzcold · 13/12/2004 00:16

I only have to hear someone snore n the tv, and I start swearing and my elbow twitches uncontrollablyGrin

spacedonkey · 13/12/2004 00:17

arrrrrgh poor you colditzcolditzcold

i do hope the op makes a difference

colditzcolditzcold · 13/12/2004 00:34

He sleeps on the sofa. I am convinced his snoring contributed to my pnd, as suddenly I had to listen out for a newborn, and couldn't use the earplug.

People who don't live with snoring laugh about it and say things like "Is he loud enough to wake you up?"

He has been known to keep my next-door neighbour awake ffs!
People who do live with it like to wallow in each others misery Grin

Mack94 · 08/06/2018 07:14

I totally understand and I feel for you. I have slept apart for over 3 years now after spending night after night for years of restless sleep resulting in my going upstairs to sleep every night anyways. I have slept in hotel bathtubs too. He has had everything checked but avoids the main issue of being very overweight. Travelling anywhere is double the cost as we need 2 rooms so that is a rare thing. He has woke me up from a deep sleep with ear plugs in a few times snoring underneath my room. It is very depressing and sucks a lot out of a marriage 🙁

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