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Posted 3/18/2017 8:07 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everybody.
I need some advice . I have been snoring for quite a few years now. I went to a sleep specialist . its not sleep apnia. However my insurance won't cover any machines mouth guards anything I did try a mouth guard didn't work. I just ordered a chin strap.
My partner and I don't sleep in the same rom because of it. I'm constantly getting reminded that I snore and that she works her butt off and sleeps in another room . its really getting to me. My stomach has been a ball of nerves. Anyone go thru this. 😞

Post Edited (JOVIGIRL71) : 3/18/2017 3:01:12 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/18/2017 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
Have you been to an otolaryngologist (otherwise known as ears, nose and throat doc)? Maybe there's some physical reason you are snoring. My spouse used to snore but either he stopped or I got deafer, not a problem.

It it were me snoring I'd do some detective work and see if it is correlated to anything in your surroundings. Pets?Seasonal allergies? Did you eat dairy that evening? Alcohol can sometimes make people snore. Set up a camera and see when you start snoring, maybe it will help. If it shows no snoring then it's a bigger problem (hope not).
Posted 3/18/2017 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
Hi. imagardener2
I did a sleep study but never thought to see a nose ear throat doctor. I think I
Will defiantly look into that. I'm not a drinker so I can rule that out. I have seasonal allergies end take my allergy pills.
So lets hope I can get some answers from a ent doctor.
Thank you so much for the suggestion 😊
Posted 3/19/2017 10:55 AM (GMT 0)
If your partner really can't stand the sound then why not just sleep with those foam earplugs in? I use them all the time when I'm out shooting guns and after they are in for about a minute I forget they are there.

On a side note the chin strap might work, I used one for a while to train myself to close my mouth at night. My problem was using the Bipap machine I still kept my mouth open and wasn't breathing through my nose. As a result of he airflow in the machine and my open mouth it caused me to wake up with a very dry throat and mouth. My lips would even be cracked so I used a chin strap to hold my mouth shut while I slept. After about 2 months I no longer needed the strap cause now I instinctively breath through my nose when I sleep. So in a way it trained me to breathe a different way!

Now it won't help if you snore through your nose but if your snoring from the back of your throat then it will.
Posted 3/19/2017 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
My husband snores up a storm. We tried a few things but nothing helped a whole lot. He snores more when he sleeps on his back so I would be constantly nudging him or else fully rolling him over. It got so exhausting and I have sleeping problems as it is. The only thing that worked somewhat was an idea I read on the internet. I stitched a hairbrush (a tennis ball was actually suggested) onto the back of a t-shirt for him to wear at night. When he tried to roll over onto his back he would feel the brush and roll back to his side. It worked! Unfortunately I guess it is not too comfortable for him so he won't wear it.

I tried wearing earplugs. They work really well, but unfortunately I have issues with my ears (one of a million issues I have it seems like!) so after wearing them for more than a handful of nights they get all sore and eventually infected.

We used to just manage as best as we could and he would just go sleep in the spare room when he was really bad. Then I went through my first UC flare where my nights consisted of fitful sleeping between bouts of running to the washroom and waking up in a night sweat. Neither of us slept well. So during that time he started sleeping in the spare room full time. Bliss! We do it full time now. As mentioned above, you can still have intimate time... and sleep separately. I use the earplugs when we have to share a bed on vacation or when we have company staying in the spare room.
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