Snoring - Help

[bakerboy]

My old man also snores like a pig with its throat cut :unsure: its so bad i refuse to share the same bed as him .. he wont go to the drs as he knws he will tell him to stop drinking which i believe is the problem :unsure:

 

I have near combusted more than once when laying wide awake at 3am .. its no fun sleeping next to someone who vibrates the bed like a pneumatic drill :blink:

There is no shame in going to the doctors, it is just a macho thing. 1 night using a cpap machine and he will feel a different man, more alert, less tired and the same will happen to you, when you get a good nights sleep undisturbed.

It is also dangerous, I bet he falls asleep at the drop of a hat. There is a lot of help out there and sleeping in different rooms is not healthy, although at present it might seem to work.

The cpap machine is not the sexiest thing to wear in bed or have as a bedroom toy, but if it keeps you healthy and improves your life style it can't be all wrong. Tell your husband/partner to get himself to the doctors, go with him it will carry more weight. Some doctors are not up to date with sleep apnoea, so also check out the sleep clinics, if you are in a private health scheme this will speed things up. good luck and good health to you both, I hope you get it sorted

Terry bakerboy

[Kay]

There is no shame in going to the doctors, it is just a macho thing. 1 night using a cpap machine and he will feel a different man, more alert, less tired and the same will happen to you, when you get a good nights sleep undisturbed.

It is also dangerous, I bet he falls asleep at the drop of a hat. There is a lot of help out there and sleeping in different rooms is not healthy, although at present it might seem to work.

The cpap machine is not the sexiest thing to wear in bed or have as a bedroom toy, but if it keeps you healthy and improves your life style it can't be all wrong. Tell your husband/partner to get himself to the doctors, go with him it will carry more weight. Some doctors are not up to date with sleep apnoea, so also check out the sleep clinics, if you are in a private health scheme this will speed things up. good luck and good health to you both, I hope you get it sorted

Terry bakerboy

 

he falls asleep very easily .. and can be snoring within 5 mins of dropping off to sleep .. there have been a couple of occasions where i think he has stopped breathing .. its almost as if he is holding his breath .. that's very scary.. i did some reading up on this sleep apnoea & it did say its often common in men with big necks .. which he does have at 19 inch

 

I am desperate to get him on the scales at work so i can show him what his BMI is also .. it might shock him into at least cutting back on the beer

[bullet boy]

My missus reckons that I snore.I don't believe her one bit!! :unsure: :unsure:

[pegleg31]

i snore like a pig after i've had a little to much to drink or i'm very tired :unsure:

[bakerboy]

he falls asleep very easily .. and can be snoring within 5 mins of dropping off to sleep .. there have been a couple of occasions where i think he has stopped breathing .. its almost as if he is holding his breath .. that's very scary.. i did some reading up on this sleep apnoea & it did say its often common in men with big necks .. which he does have at 19 inch

 

I am desperate to get him on the scales at work so i can show him what his BMI is also .. it might shock him into at least cutting back on the beer

 

If he is holding his breath, as well as snoring he almost definately has "obstructive sleep apnoea" something he needs to get sorted quickley, weight is an issue and they do say a necksize over 16/17 is very common in this problem.

Drinking alcohol does make it worse.

All I can say is that "HE MUST GET IT SORTED AND NOW".

If you want to discuss this issue over the phone or would like me to talk to him drop me a pm and we can go from there. I have been using the cpcp machine for over 15 years and it has been a real bonus, on the few occasions when I do not use it, if I am bunged up with the cold or hay fever, or we have gone away and I have not taken it with me, I cannot wait to get a nights sleep with it on as i feel tired almost immediatley. yes it is nice not to have to use it but it better to use it than wake up Dead.

Terry bakerboy

[Dave-G]

I sometimes wake myself up snoring - and I have not had alcohol for years if that helps anyones diagnosis.

[bakerboy]

I sometimes wake myself up snoring - and I have not had alcohol for years if that helps anyones diagnosis.

You probably wake your self up because you have stopped breathing, ask your partner to check this out, alcohol does make the snoring worse, but is not the primary cause, that is a soft palate.

Terry

[Paul223]

I used to suffer with sleep apnoea. Went to the doc's and was given a machine to take home which i had to wire myself up to when i went to sleep.

Long story short, i had an operation where my uvula was lasered out and my soft pallette was lasered and tightened. I can honestly say i've never felt so much pain when the anaesthetic wore off. I couldn't eat for two weeks, only liquids. The back of my throat was white where the laser had burnt the tissue. Nasty. I'm not sure the pack of Tunes my brother brought me were much use either

 

Had the op about 8 years ago and i still snore like a Rhino.

quickly reading this through could have swore you said vulva

 

My old man also snores like a pig with its throat cut its so bad i refuse to share the same bed as him .. he wont go to the drs as he knws he will tell him to stop drinking which i believe is the problem :(

 

I have near combusted more than once when laying wide awake at 3am .. its no fun sleeping next to someone who vibrates the bed like a pneumatic drill :lol:

Sounds like lots of fun for you ladies ........................................

 

 

 

.................................. oh you mean with his snoring

[Kay]

quickly reading this through could have swore you said vulva

 

 

Sounds like lots of fun for you ladies ........................................

 

 

 

.................................. oh you mean with his snoring :unsure:

 

What a lovely thought

[Willxx]

just to add to all the other comments, I have sleep aponea as well and use CPAP to treat it, if anyone thinks they might have it do as Bakerboy says and get to your doctor - I can't express enough the difference it made to my life just getting thre treatment. The consultant I saw originally indicated that although weight is definitely a major contributory issue its also a self fulfilling prophecy in some repsects as if you don't get enough sleep your body craves crappy sugary foods for a quick energy boost which contributes to weight gain and makes the problem worse, I used to fall asleep at work and as soon as I got home I would be alseep within minutes, problem is when tested I was experiencing up to 120 "episodes" per hour which meant my body was never at rest properly - getting the machine was the best thing I've done, I now have a proper life and its a small price to pay to be able to function.

 

One other thing, apparantly NICE have now put OSA (obstructive sleep aponea) on the list of treatable illnesses, previously I had to go private to get treated but now the NHS should be able to offer treatment

 

Apparantly there could be as many OSA sufferers as diabetics out there but its a relatively unspoken illness so doesn't get much publicity, anyone wanting more info could have a look here