The snoring partner

X-Forces · November 20th, 2006, 02:24

OK, I was just wondering. How many members are afflicted by a snoring partner, and what lengths have you gone, or do you go, to get a good night’s sleep?

Earplugs?

Sleeping in another room?

Smothering your partner with a pillow as they sleep (then claiming to the authorities the next morning you have no idea what could have happened)?

I am curious.

aloft · November 20th, 2006, 02:30

I snore like a chainsaw and am extremely fortunate that my gf can sleep right through it.

A friend's husband talks in his sleep, she wears earplugs.

JEP · November 20th, 2006, 02:41

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Originally Posted by X-Forces

OK, I was just wondering. How many members are afflicted by a snoring partner, and what lengths have you gone, or do you go, to get a good night’s sleep?

Earplugs?

Sleeping in another room?

Smothering your partner with a pillow as they sleep (then claiming to the authorities the next morning you have no idea what could have happened)?

I am curious.

Wife snores like a freight train. She has a CPAF machine and when she uses it, I have no problem sleeping in the bed. If she doesn't use it, I'll sleep in the basement.

Earplugs do no good. If I wore them she would probably suck them out of my ears when breathing.

X-Forces · November 20th, 2006, 02:46

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Originally Posted by JEP

Wife snores like a freight train. She has a CPAF machine and when she uses it, I have no problem sleeping in the bed. If she doesn't use it, I'll sleep in the basement.

Earplugs do no good. If I wore them she would probably suck them out of my ears when breathing.

Exactly what is a CPAF machine anyway?

aloft · November 20th, 2006, 02:53

It's actually CPAP...continuous positive airway pressure. "provides a constant airflow which holds the airway open so that uninterrupted breathing is maintained during sleep, eliminating most cases of sleep apnea."

X-Forces · November 20th, 2006, 03:01

Oh, OK.

I couldn't find anything under CPAF that made sense.

CPAF California Police Athletic Federation
CPAF Chlorpropamide-Alcohol Flushing
CPAF Conflict and Policy Assessment Framework
CPAF Corel Publishers and Artists Forum
CPAF Cost Plus Award-Fee (contract)

Figured she wasn't using any of the above to help her sleep.

JEP · November 20th, 2006, 04:04

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Oh, OK.

I couldn't find anything under CPAF that made sense.

CPAF California Police Athletic Federation
CPAF Chlorpropamide-Alcohol Flushing
CPAF Conflict and Policy Assessment Framework
CPAF Corel Publishers and Artists Forum
CPAF Cost Plus Award-Fee (contract)

Figured she wasn't using any of the above to help her sleep.

Oops, CPAP...That's the ticket....

Doug Taylor · November 20th, 2006, 06:02

I snore! But when I fall asleep, I'm literally oblivious until the alarm sounds so I don't hear it.

X-Forces · November 20th, 2006, 06:28

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I snore! But when I fall asleep, I'm literally oblivious until the alarm sounds so I don't hear it.

LOL

Yes, but is Kristie equally oblivious???

Doug Taylor · November 20th, 2006, 06:53

Nope!

I don't have a snoring problem, but she does!

X-Forces · November 20th, 2006, 07:29

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Nope!

I don't have a snoring problem, but she does!

Got'ta love it!

MQAAord · November 20th, 2006, 08:04

Mercifully, I have been blessed with a husband who does not snore. I can NOT sleep if there's someone in the room snoring. I had a roommate in college who did, and it was awful. I took to sleeping with a fan blowing 2" from my head. It was the only way to cover the sound. Earplugs can work, but in my experience they only dull the noise, they don't completely block it. There were many times back home where I'd wake up, and hear this awful noise, it took me a while to realize I was hearing my dad snoring through two closets and two closed doors! Yikes!

Snoring can be, though it is not always, a symptom of sleep apnea. Which that above mentioned CPAP machine is for. One can have sleep apnea without snoring too!

ComplexHiAv8r · November 20th, 2006, 08:44

I snore, wife just goes to bed before me....problem solved.

As to how bad I have been told I can peel walk paper from walls, but just ask anyone that stayed in the condo with me at NJC how bad I was. I know I forced one person from the room one night!

X-Forces · November 20th, 2006, 09:33

Ha Ha! I’m glad to see it’s not just me!

My wife is louder then a cruise ship pulling into port, horn blaring! She can’t even believe how loud she snores (I had to tape her one night and show her the footage). As we are not going to divorce over it, I am always looking for different ways handle the situation. I love seeing how different couples deal with the same problem.

Since the time we have been together I have come up with a whole arsenal of anti-snoring weapons and tactics. Unfortunately all of them have some sort of distinct drawback.

My top methods…

1. The blanket pull – Slowly pull the blanket off of her little by little, until the little extra bit cold breaks the deep sleep, and stops the snoring.

Drawback – Often results in a violent counter-pull and inevitably the classic blanket tug-of-war!

2. The swift kick – Self-explanatory. Cruel but effective.

Drawback – Certain to cause me grief in the morning (if not sooner)

3. The icy foot (my personal favorite) – Taking a very cold extremity (I find a foot works best) and placing it on any bare skin between the ankles and stomach.

Drawback – While the shock often stops the snoring instantly, it often results in an involuntary swift kick which has caught me off guard on many occasions.

4. Earplugs – Simple, and very effective. I use my custom earplugs from IERW at Ft. Rucker, and they block out everything. A sure night’s sleep.

Drawback – Along with the sounds of snoring being blocked out all other sounds are as well, such as, oh say, your son waking up in the middle of the night crying or that pesky alarm clock!

5. Go to the living room and log on to JC – Well, takes my mind off of the snoring.

Drawback – No Sleep!

And the search continues

TheShortOne · November 20th, 2006, 09:41

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Originally Posted by ComplexHiAv8r

I snore, wife just goes to bed before me....problem solved.

As to how bad I have been told I can peel walk paper from walls, but just ask anyone that stayed in the condo with me at NJC how bad I was. I know I forced one person from the room one night!

I actually blame Max for that cause I was well asleep and woke up for some reason when he came in, and then couldn't go back to sleep due to said snoring. Solution - go to bed early very drunk

eastbayk · November 20th, 2006, 10:23

My ex-husband had severe sleep apnea and we struggled with it for 10 years. it wasn't what ended our marriage though.

For the first several years, one of us always ended up sleeping on the couch. Either I would get up or I would kick and compain until he did. It wasn't really condusive to a good daytime relationship when I kept bitching at him all night... I tried earplugs, but they didn't help. I could hear him right through them.

Finally, he got tested for sleep apnea and ended up with a CPAP machine. It helped him a lot, basically changed his life since he was now able to actually get some REM sleep. But the pressue on his was set so high that it was like sleeping next to a running vacuum cleaner. And heaven help him if he turned over and that thing blew cold air on me in the wintertime! Once he got the CPAP, I found that I could sleep next to him if I wore earplugs. I had to experiement with different types of earplugs until I found the ones that fit best. I never seemed to have a problem hearing our son in the next room, even with the earplugs in.

Thankfully, my new husband (the pilot)doesn't snore at all. Although I still have to revert to some of X-Forces tactics to combat cover stealing, arm flailing and hitting the snooze button 5 times at 3am. His biggest charm is how everytime I bump into him at night his arms shoot up to adjust dials and flip switches and he starts muttering about altitudes and headings...

K

ComplexHiAv8r · November 20th, 2006, 10:43

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His biggest charm is how everytime I bump into him at night his arms shoot up to adjust dials and flip switches and he starts muttering about altitudes and headings...

Could you scream "PULL UP, PULL UP!!!!!!" until he wakes up and see what happens????

eastbayk · November 20th, 2006, 10:49

I'll try it at the next opportunity and report back what happens. Should be good for chuckle (me) and angry scolding (him)...

ComplexHiAv8r · November 20th, 2006, 12:58

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I'll try it at the next opportunity and report back what happens. Should be good for chuckle (me) and angry scolding (him)...

I have a friend that was in the miltary that his first wife when mad would yell "EJECT, EJECT" when he was asleep. He didn't like it at one bit!

H46Bubba · November 20th, 2006, 13:01

Luckily for us we' re both snorers. She doesn't think she is but she can easily become a saw mill on some nights. I can get pretty bad, It all depends on how tired I am.

Maximillian_Jenius · November 20th, 2006, 20:36

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I actually blame Max for that cause I was well asleep and woke up for some reason when he came in, and then couldn't go back to sleep due to said snoring. Solution - go to bed early very drunk

Oh everyone blames Max for something!

ComplexHiAv8r · November 20th, 2006, 22:16

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Originally Posted by TheShortOne

I actually blame Max for that cause I was well asleep and woke up for some reason when he came in, and then couldn't go back to sleep due to said snoring. Solution - go to bed early very drunk

Going to bed late and drunk would most likely work also.

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Oh everyone blames Max for something!

Well.....no comment.

NotCoolEnufToFly · November 21st, 2006, 17:45

I used to snore BAD!!! I would be so nervous about falling asleep because it's really embarrassing sometimes. However, after my tonsillectomy, I've been told that I no longer snore. That's not the reason I had the surgery, but I guess snoring was one of the side affects I was experiencing from the chronic tonsilitis.

Kristie · November 22nd, 2006, 18:03

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Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

I snore! But when I fall asleep, I'm literally oblivious until the alarm sounds so I don't hear it.

yeah... but I DO! i typically have to wake him up to turn over...

he normally ends up snoring if he either eats to late at night or has gained some extra weight or if he's really really tired....i just usually turn him over cuz sleeping in another bed just ain't acceptable except for when it's nights at a time and i'm cranky! haha

luckily, it's been a good long while since he pulled the "stop breathing" thing on me..he'd stop breathing and i'd wake up without even the slightest alarm going off or anything...

haven't figured out how to fix the snoring problem yet though cuz sometimes i just can't stand it..but it doesn't really happen that often....

i'm such a light sleeper that if you walked up the steps and there was even one creak, i'd normally wake right up.

doug says i snore but i never hear myself and can only tell that i've been snoring if my throat is sore or if i wake myself up...i wish i was a heavier sleeper...

my dad unforunately, would snore the roof off the house! i wonder if he still does now that he lost all of that weight....

X-Forces · November 22nd, 2006, 18:31

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haven't figured out how to fix the snoring problem yet though cuz sometimes i just can't stand it..but it doesn't really happen that often....

i'm such a light sleeper that if you walked up the steps and there was even one creak, i'd normally wake right up.

You can try some of my tactics I mentioned above. Tried and tested