snoring

Bonjour Yvon

Couple of remedies:

1. Sleep on your side, not on your back.

2. Drop some weight

3. See your doctor

Bon chance. Salut la visite.

bmc

 

place a ball in the middle of your back and lie on it. I guess it helps.

 

Get to the doctor if it is real bad... He may prescribe for you go to a sleep clinic to rule out sleep apnea. A deviated septum may also be to blame and can be cured with surgery.

Other than that:
-Lose weight
-Quit smoking
-Decrease alcohol intake
-Breathe right strips
-Try the tennis ball duct-taped to the back of a shirt to promote sleeping on your side

If they don't work:
-Ear plugs
-Separate bedrooms

 

My dad has sleep apnea(sp) which causes him to snore LOUDLY. He can often be heard several rooms over, which is pretty damn loud. I can even hear him from my room sometimes, which is across the house and one floor up! He went to the doc and got some sort of oxygen mask thingy, which makes it better.

 

Sleep apnea is more than just snoring loudly. It's where you actually stop breathing for brief periods of time. It makes your sleep unrestful. Even after a night's sleep a person with SA is never really rested or rejuvenated. THey tend to fall asleep during the day, etc. And that oxygen mask-thingy is most likely a CPAP which forces oxygen into his nose so he continues to breathe while he's sleeping.

 

I had to go to the sleep clinic. I was told I quit breathing about 80 times an hour. I have to use a CPAP machine (set to 14) I feel better and the wife can sleep now, but it absolutely sucks! Sleeping with that freakin' mask is bloody awful! I slept on my stomach all my life and cannot do it now. If you can avoid the machine, do whatever it takes. BTW, my CPAP machine costs about 1500.00.

 

The athlete nose running thing......forgot the name of it. That little strip that you put over your nose bridge and raises your nostrils on both sides.

 

I have to use the CPAP machine for my sleep apnea. I hate wearing that bloody mask but I hate not wearing that bloody mask even more now that I am used to it. I was snoring so loud that I was shakin the windows. Now I sleep good.

 

I remember my GrandMothers husband (step grandfather?) used to snore a lot so she bought him what was effectivly a watch with a volume-sensative electric shock probe on it - every time it 'hears' snoring (or any other noise, really), it pumped you with a couple of volts.

I think it's aim was to wake you and thus stop snoring as opposed to magically stopping the snoring via a small shock.

This was about 7 or 8 years ago so I don't know if they're still available (then again who'd want one? ).

 

It gets even more serious than that. For pronounced apnea sufferers, it means decreased oxygen transfer, and that can, under certain circumstances, be a contributing cause to death during sleep. And don't get too carried away about losing weight to control apnea. That's true - lose weight and apnea will decrease BUT...the most recent studies have shown a pronounced link between apnea and weight GAIN. Apnea can actually contribute to obesity. So it's a two edged sword - decrease apnea/lose weight then as the weight drops, you decrease the apnea.

I had 2 nights of sleep study for my apnea. The study showed that between the hours of midnight and 5 am (my study period) I actually stopped breathing over 400 times with the longest being about 20 seconds occuring every 20 minutes or so. My oxygen transfer dropped from 94% awake to 72% during sleep. The final solution was a CPAP (Constant Positive Airway Pressure) and the condition was nearly eliminated.

The only real problem now is paying for a CPAP machine. My insurance wouldn't cover it 100% so I got to pay over $600 a year to use one until my deductable was covered. That stopped me from using the CPAP until I can purchase my own.

Stinsok - there is a new device out there that doesn't fit on your head. It's a pair of nostril pillows supported on a frame held in your mouth with a fitted bite guard. No contact with the face other than just under the nose. They aren't expensive ($160).

 

I remember now, breathe right strips