Does your SO snore? Need advice!

[twob4him]

What a great thread...thank you for sharing your info and stories. I have always snored but now my hubby does too...keeps me up. I have asthma and allergies and now I am thinking I should see about a sleep study, for both of us!

 

[jjjmranch]

My DH has severe sleep apnea and snores like a truck. It almost broke our marriage.

Ear plugs were my only option and the silicone ones work best for me. They conform to your ear better than the styrofoam ones. They are called Macks Pillow Soft White Silicone Moldable Earplugs. You can also use them for swimming. It really muffled the snoring. And I'm telling you he could be in our bedroom and you could hear him snore all the way across the house.

He finally after 10 years did a sleep study and the Cpap has been a miracle worker. The cpap is so quiet. I was cringing that it would be super loud and it's absolutely silent.

Good luck!

 

[DatMouse]

The last time my daughter and I were at CBR I woke one night to find her in the bathtub with a blanket wrapped around her and a pillow over her head. Wish I still had the cellphone shot I took of her.

 

[Heluvsme]

Sleep apnea can be life threatening. My husband's initial readings were so dangerous his doctor called us and told us to not allow him to lay down to sleep---he was to sleep in a recliner only until he could be fitted in a CPAP mask and get his O2 pressures correctly programmed into the machine. They fit him in 2 nights later as an emergency case. We had no idea it was that serious. I knew it was bad, but.... I cried when I actually heard how bad it was. Reggie White, the NFL player, died from sleep apnea. Organ damage can take place when there's oxygen deprivation. Blood pressure rises. The heart has to work extra hard to pump the blood. Your body holds onto every calorie it gets for energy because it's not getting it from restful and restorative sleep. Sleep apnea is very serious, my husband and I are both sleeping soundly every night now, the machine is extremely quiet!!

 

[MHSweb79]

The last time my daughter and I were at CBR I woke one night to find her in the bathtub with a blanket wrapped around her and a pillow over her head. Wish I still had the cellphone shot I took of her.

That's the kind of option that crosses my mind at 2 a.m. Unfortunately I am much too tall to even attempt to sleep in a bathtub and we all know how tight the bathroom space is at WDW - at FQ you have to squeeze around the toilet to even close the door, so camping out on the floor won't work either.

I do appreciate all the warnings about the dangers of sleep apnea. (Kind of like when you're pregnant, strangers come up to you and tell you horror stories about their niece/ cousin/ hair dresser whose baby was born with five extra limbs and fourteen eyeballs.) No, seriously, my DH has been to the doctor and was told in no uncertain terms to lose weight. (So no candy apple from Goofy's! I don't eat those but it's his favorite. ) I think that alone will get him back to his normal sleep pattern (snoring, but sleeping well).

As for separate rooms, it's not going to happen on this trip. When we took my MIL and DD down in May, I lobbied for a 2 BR suite at Staybridge which had a pullout couch in the living room, plus two bedrooms so I had a place to go in the middle of the night. This time it's just the two of us, with AP discounted rooms (at POFQ and Beach Club). So I'm stuck with him (sorry honey) and that's why I am looking for sleep advice. I did buy some super-duper new improved Breathe Right strips which should help a lot, thanks to the PP above for that suggestion.