Thank you all for your responses. My husband is such a great guy but when it comes to sleeping, he snores like a bear. It is pretty loud and I think with some apnea included. He doesn't want to go to the doctor so I want him to try some of the products out there. The thing is that we don't know which one to try, and some are pretty expensive. By the way, is there any type of surgery that helps?
Thanks
Did this just start? My husband just started to snore, went to the doctor and they said it was because he had gained weight. It's true because I only snore when I'm pregnant. :)
There was a time that I snored so loud that it bothered my son in the next bedroom! I noticed that on nights that I took benadryl he didn't comment on my snoring the next day. After I lost 40 pounds it wasn't a problem again, with the exception of allergy season. The benadryl might be worth a try.
But if it were my husband I think I would ask him to go to the doctor not for himself, but for me. Bat your eyelashes a little when you say it. :)
Has your husband gained weight over the years? My husband snored so loudly, I would have to go into another room and sleep. I would try to go to sleep before him and that would help. But if he fell asleep before me, or if the snoring woke me up (which it did nearly every night), I wouldn't get any more sleep without going somewhere else. In the past 2+ years, he has lost 40 pounds and no longer snores. I noticed it by the time he lost the first 20. Your husband should certainly be checked by a doctor for a sleep disorder. The lack of good sleep can be the cause of weight gain. So if he has gained weight, once he is able to get good sleep, he should start working on weight loss which would be beneficial not just to stop snoring but also to improve his health in other ways.
Breathe Rites- find them with the antihistamines at the drug store. very simple and might work.
my husband snores really bad some nights also.they say it has alot to do with weight.when he gets to loud i nudge him just so he can be quiet for a few minutes..lol.he went to the doctor and they wanted to do a sleep study with him bc they think he might have sleep apnea,and of course he never went to get it done.
Oh my goodness I have the same issue with my husband but he knows he needs to be assessed by a doctor. I recommend your hubby go to a sleep clinic to find out the exact reason for his snoring. My hubby is still working on that. Good luck.
local honey helps...especially if his snoring is seasonal
my husband snored incredibly loudly for 35 years, kept me awake every night, and woke himself up when he stopped breathing.
FINALLY!! he went to the doctor and had a sleep test where they found out he woke up 40 times in one HOUR, and he was at risk of stroke and heart attack because every episode of forgetting to breathe raised his heart rate by so much.
so he now has a cpap machine, which took a little getting used to for him, but its amazing the difference, he sleeps all night without waking, he is a different person, and i finally get a good nights sleep - there is NO MORE snoring.
we tried all the strips and sprays going, but nothing worked - there is a n operation, but really the cpap is the way to go
Yes the cpap machine is a god send...losing weight will probably help too if he needs to!
Please talk him in to seeing a doctor to make sure there aren't other issues. My husband started snoring loudly and it was driving me nuts. He refused to go to the doctor and kept saying nothing was wrong. He hadn't gained any weight and exercised daily and was in good shape. He suddenly had a massive heart attack and thank goodness he survived. When I told the doctor and I won't go in to all the details of what he said, but the snoring was a warning side and should not have been ignored. His heart was pumping wrong and thus he was breathing heavier to make up for the strain of his heart. He had no symptoms at all to give us a indicator that there was a problem so I beg you to take him to the doctor just to make sure. Oh by the way, don't say your husband is young and can't be having a heart attack. My husband was 47 years old at the time. Good Luck to you.
Oh, I must be very late responding to this but I have to ask. Is your husband overweight? My husband lost 40 pounds and the (kept me awake) snoring changed to the softest most comforting deep breathing restful sleep for both of us. He had apnea and that completely stopped with the weight loss. Also, my husband is a diabetic and he takes MUCH less insulin now that he is thinner. Much less. If anyone wants to know more, please respond to this email or call me at ###-###-####. B. King.
There is a surgery. It's a UPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Essentially, the doc lasers away the excess skin around the back of throat and makes more room for the air to come in. You can see an ENT about it. Insurance may pay for it on the obstructive sleep apnea aspect. It can be a dangerous condition long term.
There are two types of surgery that can help IF he is suffering from what would cause their need:
Adnoid Removal - Adnoids that are abnormally large can "fall" and block the air passages in sleep causing some of the loud snoring sounds and apnea as well he would stop breathign for several seconds in his sleep and correct it by coming partially or fully awake and breathing normally again.
Correction of a Deviated Septum - This is in your nasal cavatiy and the deviation can block a nasal passage partially or fully causing the snoring as it block air travel. Correcting this opens up the airway and allows for easier breathing. However it requires breaking the nose and is a rather painful recovery period...
There are breathe right strips that can be placed on the bridge of the nose to help open airways and allow for better breathign at night...you may want to try these to see if they help your husband...
With the apnea, if it is not the adnoids or the septum it may require a breathing machine and that is a large noisy and bulky thing that many people have a difficult time adjusting to using...Especially if they are closterphobic in any way or want to be able to be intimate with a spouse on the spur of the moment (in the middle of the night)...
I hope this information helped you some...good luck... ;-)
My husband had the UPP surgery and it did NOT work. My husband is a surgeon and he now calls it "quackery"...LOL. Not funny to me since I have to sleep w/one of the children almost every night due to the FREIGHT TRAIN roaring through our bed (aka snoring husband). UGH!
Losing weight seems to help...now THAT is another issue entirely....
