How can one person snore so loud that it keeps everyone in the house awake but it doesn't disturb them? Any takers?
I hope that this isn't a duplication to an earlier snoring thread and thanks. ************************************************************* 03-12-04, 01:41 PM Georgia85 Some people are awakened by the sound of their snores. Others are such deep sleepers we can sleep through a tornado....and I have on more than one occasion. Eek
03-12-04, 05:29 PM honilov I don't know why some people don't awake from their snores, but I wish they would and stay awake. My husband snores so loud and it's so aggravating. Frown
03-13-04, 10:40 AM Texan-In-Exile I'm with you Honi! If it weren't for the fact that my husband works and I'm a "lowly" housewife, I'd make him stay awake! Mad (I do have to occasionally nudge him and tell him to quit. Roll Eyes)
I have on occasion, woke myself up snoring. But I figure if I were all that bad, my husband would make me do something about it... (I've done the sleep-clinic thing and I'm not apneic.)
03-14-04, 07:01 PM DvdGStwrt Right now my partner is on the couch sleeping.
The TV is still blaring away, the Dog has been barking out the window. He is still sound asleep and snoring loudly.
He sleeps like the dead. I could vacume the house right now and he wouldn't awaken.
Does he snore? Oh yes.
I am a "light" sleeper. How light? One can open the front door and that slight change in air pressure will wake me up. (No noise).
I do not snore. But then I do not sleep deep - not deep like some people I know......
The only time I do snore is when I am exceptionally tired - sleeping deeply.
The two may very well be related. Those who sleep hard may snore more often than those who sleep light.
David
03-19-04, 02:02 AM puppyblues Kelley, everyone tells me I snore (I'm not sure I believe them ) but they insist
Here's a few things to read through that might help.
03-20-04, 05:38 PM Kelleygirl Thanks everyone --- especially Puppy for all of your research. Lord, hope that I never have to wear one of those machines in your last article.
I do have more one question pertaining to snoring: Is it an inherited condition? I come from a long line of snorers and so is my son -- just wondering.
03-20-04, 06:08 PM Tree Snoring and Sleep Apnea May be Hereditary From Reuters 2/6/2002
A recent UK Study suggests that some forms of sleep apnea and snoring may be hereditary. The study compared children who had their tonsils removed with those who still had their tonsils. Regardless of the tonsillectomies, children born with narrow throats were more prone to snoring and sleep apnea as they became adults.
03-21-04, 12:23 AM Kelleygirl Thanks, Tree friend --- it only makes sense.
03-21-04, 09:34 AM gizmogram Another cause of snoring and Apnea is a Deviated Septum which is something that can definitely be hereditary.
Believe me, every woman in my family has this, and we all snore, have chronic sinus problems, and Apnea.
I suffered quite severe Apnea for a few years, where I would wake up almost nightly with "Cement Head" - anyone who has ever had an episode with it can probably relate. Over the last 10 years, however, I haven't had even one night with a problem. I just wish I knew what I did, or didn't do, do prevent it!
11-20-04, 08:15 PM jusork Well monotonous sounds often help people go to sleep. If you focus directly toward a loud fan, it feels like it's clearig your mind and you're able to go to sleep. Maybe snoring just soothes him more. Absorbing your mind into his snoring may even help you go to sleep. It's weird that people complain about noise keeping them awake when it's actually them making themselves bothered by it. You can probably ignore and aborb yourself into any sound. See if you can do it with his snores.
11-20-04, 09:25 PM Sherasi Jusork, I think that is called "White Noise" and I use it myself to help me sleep. I have Tinnitus and the white noise helps me drown out my own ringing in my ears.
Snoring is more and more becoming recognized as often being related to apnea. My mom just had a sleep study and her blood oxygen level went down to the 60's. (Blood oxygen levels are supposed to stay above 90 .. as in 1 to 100%.. above 90% and she was about 65%) So now my mom used a C-Pap Machine to help her with her apnea.
11-21-04, 01:03 PM jusork Oh. So it's just any sound that you hear normally and you just use that? It sounds like the name of something you'd buy.
07-21-05, 05:41 AM tsaeb My sister was doing a snoring thing. A few times it got quite annoying. The first time I woke her up and told her to shut up. Later in the day, when she had been awake for hours, we discussed her snoring, and I told her that I would wake her up and tell her to shut up when she starts snoring. Only a few times did this happen again. She seems to have programmed herself to hear her own snoring so that she stops herself, because she didn't like being told to shut up my me! However, we laughed hysterically as I tried to imitate an airplane, a motorcycle, a truck, a street driller, and whatnot . . . all out of tune. You get the picture, I mean, the sound. Now, she blows, "Pheeeew!" I hear her now! Well, you can try this retraining method to see whether it works for you and yours. I think that the first obstacle has been that the snorer does not get sufficient negative feedback while in the annoying act of snoring.
07-24-05, 01:55 PM Wildflower63 I haven't read the advice of other members. One thing I do question about this is a sleep disorder or big sinus problems.
Sleep is close to being unconcious. No one knows that they sound like a chainsaw. Your partner will get offended when you take off, just to get some sleep, because you just can't sleep at all, with this noise going.
There is help, if your partner is willing to do it. I suggest a sleep clinic. It may be something as simple as a sinus problem. It may be sleep apnea. There is help, but it requires a sleep clinic to determine what the problem is.
I used to practically beat my sound asleep husband, until he turned on his side to sleep quietly. He always ended up on his back snoring, which would wake me up, unable to get back to sleep. Don't think he didn't get annoyed by being woken up. I happened to find it annoying sleeping with a chainsaw that kept waking me up, when dead asleep.
I found ways to deal with a minor problem, a noisy box fan. It did drown him out. I like window air conditioning units even better. A king size bed is a must, so get one. Men do get offended over the fact that their woman takes off, in the middle of the night and don't get it when you say you would rather sleep with a snow blower, which is quieter than a chainsaw.
This is a delicate problem, with a man. Tsaeb, I would strongly advise you to give your sister the boot out of bed. Women might have to be a bit nicer dealing with their man, but no one else.
I have a loved brother who I don't feel a bit uncomfortable sleeping in the same bed with, unless he decides to be a bed hog, cover hog, or worse, snore like a chainsaw. As family, we are far from required to be nice, just honest. Depending on who won the fight, one of us would be sleeping in the back yard. I'm from KY, so my rule does apply, right? lol!
07-24-05, 10:45 PM dodgecity snoring i dont snor. he he it drives my wife nuts but it dont bother me he he. some times i wake up and my head hurts (hummm) i think she hits me with her elbo or something . he he
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