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You wouldn't believe it possible, but I'm even noisier and more annoying while asleep than I am when I'm awake
Quite some achievement, I'm sure you'll agree.
Basically I snore like a low flying Hercules with he throttles wide open. The decibel level is around the same as standing at the end of the runway at Manchester airport. Add in a couple of beers and it can cause structural damage to surrounding buildings. Think 70's disaster movie with bits of rubble falling from the ceiling. Not the best thing to wake up too.
So Mrs Binners is understandably at the end of her tether. Its like she's been signed up as an artillery gunner in an active war zone, and banned from using ear protection. Yes... going to bed with me can literally make the earth move! But not in a good way
So given that there are a fair amount of the same fine physical specimens as myself on here, I'm sure many experience the same problem. Does anyone have any solutions? Anything that improves matters? I packed in smoking over a year ago, but thats not really improved matters.
The interweb is awash with sprays an nasal strips and stuff. Anyone tried any?
Otherwise I think I'm approaching the point where I'm likely to be murdered in my sleep. And I reckon she'd be acquitted too on grounds of justifiable homicide. It really is ridiculously loud 😥
Separate beds in separate rooms.
The key to a happy marriage!
Give her some valium, she'll soon stop giving a shit.
Other than that, a quick squirt of beconase, then sit upside down for 2 minutes before bed works a bit for me.
Separate houses is even better
Quies wax ear plugs (for her) or CPAP (for him).
Separate rooms saved my relationship I think.
Yeah, the doctors but be prepared to be cauterised.
Definitely not what you want to hear, but hear my story.....
Beer has been disagreeing with me recently, I seem to have developed a bit of an intolerance in my guts, decided I've had a decent innings at 41, and have decided to knock it on the head. That was less than 3 weeks ago, and I have had not a single elbow in the ribs since I didn't drink every day, nothing like it, but every Friday a few, a few more on a Saturday, and wine and a couple on a Sunday, but I reckon it affects the snorey bits in yer throat for days afterwards.
Reduce your carb intake.
Carbs, particularly processed sugar and white flour can cause muscle inflammation and can really increase your snoring.
As ridiculous as this might sound it worked for me.
So basically no beer, and no Greggs.
How much is your relationship worth?
See your doc though, you may have some kind of sleep apnoea thing going on.
Snoring Ring.
Works.
(Edit. Him not me)
Have you been to the doctors it can be a sign of sleep apnoea
Have you been to the doctors? I have been known to communicate with cows whilst camping. I need surgery to correct a problem with my nose which is the root of my problems.
lose some weight fatty 😀
Separate rooms here. My snoring is only a problem because I'm a fidgety sleeper so I wake her up moving about and then snoring keeps her awake. She's been sleeping in the spare room for a year now and it helps all round.
Spare room bed made up, on the nights I'm snoring after the first wake up one of us moves.
Ear plugs?
Go see your GP, get referred to a specialist and they'll decide what type of problem you have. I had a 18-month NHS wait but eventually had a five minute operation which lasered the soft palate at the back of my throat. The healing tightens up the loose skin and it definitely reduced my snoring. Lots of drink will always bring it back, but it's kept my wife sane since. Operation sounds horrible, but you just come around with a mild sore throat.
Two options
1.Vegans never snore
2. Druk people sleep through anything
Therefore you either become healthy or she becomes an alcoholic
Lose some weight, it worked for me.
Tonsills removed if they're enlarged? Ex had it done and although he still snored a little it wasn't quite as horrific! Maybe cut back on the beers if it makes it even louder and more annoying just for the sake of your Mrs
Weight loss can help - also speak to your GP - possibility of sleep apnea not something you want to be dealing with, may be underlying.
sleep in pyjamas / a t shirt with a tennis ball sewn in between your shoulder blades - makes sure you never sleep on your back which is when most folk snore
Ear plugs works for me/wife
I know someone who spent many evenings being monitored at a sleep clinic to sort out his snoring(& the stopping breathing thing!)
They told him to lose a few stone.
Sorry .
.Vegans never snore
I can verify that's definitely not true...
you promised never to tell of that night ...
😀
Friend of mine used to be an absolutely awful snorer with apnoea too... Visit to the dr and was fitted with a compressor mask and hasn't snored since... Which is a relief for his other half, and next door who could hear him too!!!
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
Wake up! You're choking to death!
wear a bra backwards with tennis balls in it, doest help at all but feels fantastic. HTH
Well, in a tough love stylee, there are the obvious answers of
1) Lose weight
2) Stop smoking
Sorry fella...
Cheers folks! I think I'm resigned to the fact that I need to ease off on the beer and pies. I'll make an appointment with the doc to as I've been reliably informed that I do get sleep apnea, which makes it worse. Didn't really realise how serious that was. I was putting my stopping breathing just down to my inherent laziness
My mate uses a mandibular advancement splint. Or something.
Not sure if Greggs do them though.
Binners - if you've potentially got sleep apnea get it sorted - lots of potential issues can come of it. Sadly one of the contributing factors to my father's death a few years ago :/
So sorry to hear that Greg. But that's given me the prod I need to make a docs appointment, as I genuinely didn't realise it was such a big issue. It's just something that, as blokes, it's easy to dismiss as just one of those things
I've had surgery (probably Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) where they scar the tissue in order to tighten it up and stop it resonating.
It *might* have reduced it slightly but I sleep on my own at the back of the house.
Which I don't mind.
When I'm camping with the bike club, everyone moves their tent as far away as possible. They prefer the sound of the cows mooing and farting to me. Apparently.
I think its all a vicious lie. i don't snore.
Nice one Binners - you'll probably find a lot of other things will start to fix themselves if you get it dealt with. And you may get a cool mask 😉
Had my dangly thing at the back of my throat removed (no differance to my snorning)weight loss helps but not as much as separate rooms - she misses the sex but hey hoo small price for a good night's sleep..... yep I know.....
Isn't prostate massage supposed to be an effective cure for Snoring?
havent read the whole thread but [url= https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/anti-snore-guard?division=merchandising-uk&nlp=1&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=5658&utm_campaign=UK_DT_DIS_FBK_TIM_TTT_BT_CBP_CHA_NBR_n%2A5658_c%2A5781_p%2A5436_x%2A643_z%2A6045455159208 ]this[/url] just came up on my facebook feed. cheap enough to give a try mebbes?
Sleep on your front/side.
I found an iPhone app to be quite useful - mainly for identifying what sort of snoring 'I' suffered from (well, it is the Mrs who suffers)
Look up Snorelab - it selectively records your noises from your bedside table overnight and you can track the effects of certain triggers or antidotes over time (the app gives you a snore score each morning and you can compare this with, say, how many pints you had etc)
Anyway, I think mine has improved with the summer months and a reduction in alcohol consumption (not necessarily on the evening of the night I snored as pointed out above)
Hope that helps