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[Rhapsody]

I thought it a good idea to start one of these as it came up a couple of times in my hot flush thread.

 

Sooooooo.....for those of us that suffer from someone elses snoring, or is a snorer who is looking for something to help, any tips, ideas, strategies that have helped..

 

Or just have a rant about the nocturnal cacophany that comes out of your partner's face!

 

Rhaps aka Mrs Tractor Sinuses

[Chickvic]

I snore probably more than my husband as well! He snores but not very often - he just gets a jab if he starts

[Snowy]

I believe I snore - but it doesn't keep me awake

[Alis girls]

No its best to keep others awake - we all snore because we are a family plagued with ENT probs and allergies. OH was squeaking in his sleep last night - the cat was mesmorised. I gave him a kick as I was lying listening for the next squeak. It was like sleeping with a large rodent in PJ's

[welovemarmite]

my hubbie snores. I sleep in ear plugs a nd a pillow over my head and I can still hear it. Kicking him does not work as we have found that if he is in deep sleep he does not snore, only the sleeping on the way. He had an operation on his nose which improved things for about 3 weeks, and then it got back to normal. I have to go to bed before him to try and get asleep enough not to be kept awake by him.

[sari]

My beloved OH snores..he has a night splint for teethgrinding, and this helps, also breathe right strips, and a sharp elbowed partner. " For god's sake, George, turn over!" ...he also suffers with a sleep paralysis and night terror disorder, which meant he was liable to wake up screaming in terror, and not know why. The paralysis was bad for him, as he felt trapped in his body, and felt as if he was being pulled away, in bits, but ok for me, as it was silent He takes meds now...thank heavens. the night terrors were a bit of a shock....all down to work place stress and bullying. I used to have to grab him and shake him untill he calmed down. Who knows what the neighbours thought. I've never tried the sprays you can get, find the elbowing works the best! I talk in my sleep, and now have panic attacks at night. perhaps we should rename our house Bedlam!

[jlo]

I know that I snore as I have woken myself up with a particularly loud rattle. I dread falling asleep on trains - not just because of the snoring but because I wake up encased in drool!

 

OH isn't too bad. He snores a little but a gentle elbow usually reminds him to turn over onto his side and then he stops. If has had a bit to drink - it would take a JCB to persuade him to turn over onto his side and that can be annoying.

 

I think that he finds my nicking the duvet to be my most annoying nocturnal habit!

[Egluntyne]

Him Indoors snores fit to waken the dead. He denies it. I'm so used to it now that I scarcely notice it.

[The Dogmother]

My ex used to snore like an express train and nothing would wake him - that's when I got into earplugs.

 

I only snore occasionally if I have a thick cold and am lying on my back, otherwise I sleep like a baby. Phil hardly ever snores and is hardly ever here, so he doesn't count. Rosie is a bad sleep-talker and one for sitting bolt upright The cat snores softly and is a snuggle bunny. The dog chases runny babbits

[craftyhunnypie]

Apparently - a quick pinch of the ghoulies does the trick! ( am I allowed to write ghoulies)?

 

Emma.x

[Lydia]

Hubby never ever uses his nose to breathe (day or night) so, when he snores, he SNORES! He used Snoreze (the throat spray one) for ages to the extent that we could have taken out shares in the stuff. Then he started taking regular exercise, lost weight and now snores............less - enough to give up the Snoreze habit anyway.

 

I'm a very light sleeper - a worm could break wind in next door's garden and it would wake me up - so any noise is a problem. However, I'm also a terrific insomniac, especially at this time of year when my mind often insists on working through tomorrow's work agenda at 3am, so most of the time I just let him snore. After 16 years a jab in the ribs or well aimed kick tends not to have the effect it once did anyway.

[Christian]

I snore when I have a cold, but apparently I purr like a kitten when I sleep

 

OH has got into the habit of kicking out in his sleep.

I have the bruises to prove it.

 

I kick back now.

[sari]

Apparently - a quick pinch of the ghoulies does the trick! ( am I allowed to write ghoulies)?

 

Emma.x

I may try that!

[Snowy]

Apparently - a quick pinch of the ghoulies does the trick! ( am I allowed to write ghoulies)?

 

Emma.x

I may try that!

Actually i find holding his nose does the trick! And if it doesn't work it doesn't matter 'cos I go into fits of giggles when he keeps trying to breath in through his nose and can't, then wakes up looking all bewildered.

[Griffin]

Mr Griffin snores but not too much, it's him grinding his teeth and talking in his sleep that keeps me awake He talks absolute nonsense and even his dentist is very concerned about his worn down teeth now!

[Alis girls]

Hmm the ghoolies pinching sounds promising - not sure which of us has spelt it correctly

[Rhapsody]

...its goolies isnt it?

 

My hubby's snore has evolved and mutated like a comic supervillan. He can now snore on his back, front, side if I boot him he just moves into another snoring position. We've had success with the 'Brez' nose openers- they go up the nostrils and force the nose to stay open, but at the moment he has a heavy cold and has been banished to the spare room (I can still hear him through the wall). I wont wear earplugs as he sleeps very deeply and if the smoke alarm went off or the Mongol Hordes rode up the stairs we would both be dead in our beds.

I do find it endlessly fascinating how someone can sleep with a noise like a Diesel generator coming out of their head!

[..lay a little egg for me]

No its best to keep others awake - we all snore because we are a family plagued with ENT probs and allergies. OH was squeaking in his sleep last night - the cat was mesmorised. I gave him a kick as I was lying listening for the next squeak. It was like sleeping with a large rodent in PJ's

 

Love the idea of the cat being fascinated by the squeaking!!

[The Dogmother]

Both my parents snore badly, each claims not to snore they have separate rooms because of it and seem much happier like that. Honestly, you could hear them snoring down the street

[chickencam]

My OH is a very loud snorer has occasional sleep apnoea, and restless legs. Most of the time I can sleep through it, I am so used to it, but it does get annoying if he rolls over and flings his arm over me and starts snoring in my ear.

 

He also sleeps with the radio on, he sometimes uses earphones, which gives me some peace. I am someone who loves silence to sleep in, but it rarely happens.

 

He is an overweight smoker, so nothing much will change unless he changes his lifestyle habits. I make him sound awful, but he is lovely in most other respects I would love to be able to persuade him to give up smoking and eat less. He is strangely quite fit and active with the allotment and he isn't someone who likes to do nothing. He does eat too much though and is only 5'8" so it shows on him. His excuse for not changing is that he doesn't want to be the ones left behind, which is quite sweet in some ways, but who says that I want to be alone.

 

When ED had a birthday sleepover a couple of weeks ago, they were watching a film in the room under our bedroom. One of her friends asked 'what's that weird noise' they all stopped to listen and ED realised to her great embarassment that it was her dad'd snoring from the room above.

 

The children won't share a hotel room or a tent with him anymore.

[chickenNutter]

This thread has had me howling with laughter! I am glad I am not the only one deviously nudging and pinching my OH in the night when it gets really bad. My OH also suffers from sleep apnoea, and sometimes he holds his breath for so long, I am convinced he has dropped dead - very unnerving!

 

Unfortunately I cannot be too indignant as apparently I have started to snore too as I have got older My OH even recorded me snoring on his Blackberry to play back to me, which I thought was particularly ungentlemanly and not at all gallant!

 

MY OH also has a splint for tooth grinding and jaw clenching which does seem to help the snoring, but bizarrely not the jaw clenching.

[sari]

My Oh just wears his splints through, I don't think the stop it, just stop him wearing his teeth out.....

[Valkyrie]

Oh Rhapsody - my heroine! And rude words that Christian is ignoring! Teeheee!

 

We seem to have a vast range of jungle sounds from whistling, groaning, pffffing, crackling, roaring etc. I think if it was the odd little noise while I'm asleep it won't wake me. What I object to is the roaring one that seems to reverberate on the bed springs and gives me such a jolt that the heart races and I sit up to find . . . it's HIM SNORING AGAIN! I go to bed much later in the hope that he gets his snoring session out of the way first. There is no position that he can't snore in, but usually if I can get him on his side it will work, but when it doesn't I yank his head towards the wall to try and free the airways. I have tickled his feet, I don't kick but I will push against his legs or pull them back if they are as far over as I can get without him falling out of bed. Last night I would have happily had him fall out. Haven't tried the undercarriage yet - but I don't want him to get the wrong idea! Then of course there's the prelude to snoring in the night when he rolls on his back and I get the elbow in my ear - OW! Then I grab the elbow and forcefully pivot him back over.

I snore when I have a cold or the hayfever is a bit of a nuisance. We have tried a few remedies, I've even saved cuttings from newspapers that mum has given me with new ideas, but he refuses to admit he has the problem. It is mine. So I feel I can blinking well shove, push, pull etc and if he doesn't like it he knows what he can do. Oh and spare room is no good. He roars through the wall and I have to get up, wall up the landing and say STOP SNORING. Ear plugs don't work - they hurt my ears.

[Valkyrie]

Um, I mean walk up the landing, he'd break the wall!

[Rhapsody]

Haven't tried the undercarriage yet - but I don't want him to get the wrong idea!