Snoring DP.... any advice?!?!

[megnog]

Please offer me any advice you can... my DP snores terribly when he's on his back. He falls asleep on his side, then rolls onto his back and snores and snores and snores. Recently I've made him wear a t-shirt in bed with pegs attached to the back so try to prevent him lying on his back - but he just lies on the pegs and snores away! He's such a heavy sleeper it's ridiculous!

Anyway, my 8.5 month old wakes 2 or 3 times a night, so that coupled with my DP waking me with his warthog impressions around 4 times a night - I'm so so tired! If I could at least get his snoring under control I might be able to think sensibly about tackling my lo's broken sleep...

HELP!

can you sleep in seperate rooms

on the othwer hand, does he need to lose some weight?
is he under alot of strees, these two things are what was causeing dh to snore like a rhino

The only solution I've found to this is to try to get to bed and asleep before DH. Not always possible.
Plus, your child wakes you so...

There are strips you can buy that he outs on the bridge of his nose. Not sure of the name. Anyone else remember.If you google snoring solutions it may give you some answers.

Good luck. It will get better in time as your lo needs less food and wakes less in night.

He should go and see his GP - there are relatively curable issues that can cause heavy snoring, like nasal polyps. If he is overweight, though, teh first thing anyone will tell him is to slim down - as a person gets fatter, the internal bits and bobs (medical terminology here ) get fatter as well, which aggravates the snoring.

You have all my sympathy - I have a snoring DH and often resort to my DD's bed. He has a referral to the hospital ENT, and they will check for polyps.

DH tried everything - losing weight, no alcohol, strips, sprays from the doctor, EVERYTHING! Nothing worked or only worked for a few nights then it was almost like his body decided enough was enough and he wanted to snore. Dreadful. He was waking the whole household up - and the house isn't exactly small. There was no escape even in the garden. Seriously, it was awful.

Well, bought a Snoremaster four weeks ago - it works. Honestly can't believe it. Still keep expecting it to stop working. Not cheap admitedly just under £50 for what looks like a cheap bit of plastic. We thought we'd been done but the first night he used it I was awake worrying because he was so quiet!

Think there's another one with a similar name (Snorewizard I think) same sort of price and probably works in the same way. If you can afford it I would defintely give it a go.

He should go and see his GP and ask for a referral to a Sleep Clinic (not an ENT who will just look at his nose etc). He should explain about the effect on your sleep.

DH snored terribly - turns out he has obstructive sleep apnoea and stops breathing a lot. He now has a machine which stops his airways collapsing at night and means that there is no snoring.

For anyone who has OSA it is very hard to lose weight as it has an effect on your leptin levels which keeps weight on, so they need treatment for it first and can then concentrate on losing weight.

That's my Xmas pressie sorted then!
(Will get him a nice pressie too) thanks..

Agree with cmot - he should get throughly checked out first. Is that the CCap machine?(think that's how it's spelt) DH's cousin uses one of those and he swears by it. DH was totally put off by the look of it though although it was to be our next step. Thankfully, we've found our solution for the time being at least.

Serious snoring is really a total drain on everybody. When it gets this bad it really does reverberate round the house - there is no escape. It's like trying to sleep next to a road drill combined with an express train. Impossible.

DH was also so embarrassed by his problem. Actually, I have name changed for this as he would be mortified if he saw my post!

Yes - it's a CPAP. Dh's mask is just over his nose, so not very intrusive or claustrophobic.

Sleep clinics will custom make mandibular advancement devices for free if they think it will help (not all snorers have enough travel in their jaw for it to work).

Thanks for all your replies. My DP is not overweight at all, he's really fit and healthy so really not sure what's causing it, but will tell him to get down to the docs definitely!! Thanks so much.

My dh does this!

He is not overweight
He is tee total
He is slim (damn him!)

Doctor examined him and said he has very narrow nasal passages, and therefore not much can be done except for an operation.

My dh snores in any sleeping position, even while lying on his stomach. There's no hope for me really!

Girlandboy - your DH needs to ask to go to a Sleep specialist, have a proper sleep study and be evaluated for the different treatment options (DH's consultant works with a dentist and ENT surgeon so they can make the right choice). Surgery has been shown to have the poorest outcome of the options available, unless there is something like nasal polyps.

DH used to snore in any position, even sitting upright.

I feel your pain! I'm in exactly same position with DP. He's been on the sofa for months now. Snoring's not the only reason but it's a big factor. I find it totally unbearable. He's not hugely overweight but he could probably do with losing about 2 stone. He also likes a drink (only one or two cans of beer of an evening but I guess it still makes matters worse)

Glad I'm not the only one... not that I'm surprised to hear others in the same boat really, I imagine it's a common problem. Just annoying that it's left to ME to sort it out... as usual!

He wants to buy this plastic thing you stick in your mouth (or rather he sticks in his mouth) that's supposed to stop the snoring... we'll have to wait and see. I really hope it's not a waste of very precious money...

Sew a tennis ball into the back of a t-shirt so it's between the shoulder blades. I defy him not to notice when he rolls onto his back...

Good luck!

I feel your pain too! DH snores terribly some nights, not at all on others.

I think he may have sleep apnoea as he often has really long breaks in his breathing. He always looks really tired too, so I think the sleep he's getting is really bad quality. Am trying to get him to go to doctors.

Our current solution is for me to wear ear plugs (it doesn't completely get rid of the noise, but it dulls it sufficiently for me to be able to sleep) and he listens out for DD. Might that work for you?

I tried ear plugs. Every make going. Nothing worked with the level of decibels DH was turning out. Was a bit like trying to fix a broken leg with an elastoplast.

FIL has sleep apnoea too and if megnog's DH is a v. heavy sleeper, it's probably not that; reason being that heavy sleep is not possible with apnoea as the apnoea prevents them getting to the good sleep. FIL got one of the machines described above and started dreaming for the first time in his life. He had surgery after that which also worked.

If he doesn't snore on his side, I doubt medical intervention would be offered. I think they make a strap with half a tennis ball incorporated as Flirty says that works like a cattle prod. I don't think ear plugs is a good solution with an infant and a DH who is a heavy sleeper.

Actually, DH was a really heavy sleeper even before diagnosis. His consultant said that as you are just so sleep deprived you can be really hard to wake. Dh stops breathing 85 times an hour without CPAP, but still went into REM sleep in his study