CPAP and BiPAP aside (obviously a sleep study is in order, but I'm talking short term remedies here).........

What are some products you have tried that have worked on a hard core snorer?

I need to get some sleep and stuffing a pillow over his head isn't working!!!!! Otherwise, the jig is up and I'm single again........Please god NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

a machine?
lol. my mom uses one. makes her look like an elephant but it works...
ehh i forget the name though.
hm.
google it?

Already mentioned those...thanks! I'm thinking more short term for like ummmmm,next time we are alone.

Mouthpiece, nasal strip? Somebody has to know something that actually works even a little bit?

Can he sleep in another bedroom? I was with someone that snored badly for many year's. We had a number of argument's due to it. Plus, I was getting sick from exhaustion. There was not much sleep for me to be had. A snorer can take it's toll on the other person. And, what did we do? Nada.

I don't think those nasal strips are worth the money you pay for them. I'd be more likely to go with the mouthpeice. You can get them at Walgreens.

I dated a guy about 2 years ago that had a snoring problem and had one of those machines that you put on your face at night. It was amazing how much it helped. All you heard was the humming noise (like from a humidifier) and that was it. Maybe you could look into something like this?

From what I've heard, if they if sleep apnea or a severe case of snoring from something else, the OTC stuff like the nasal strips don't do any good.

Maybe you should reconsider the "pillow over the face" idea and add a clothespin on his nose along with it?

That's why I'm trying to figure out what might be some good remedies to try......I have had to move to a different place to sleep twice now already and we just evolved to this level recently! And I snore too, although nothing like this (at least I don't think so). I hate that this could be a dividing gap between us, when things are so great. However, you are right......exhaustion just isn't getting it. I'm going to go out and buy some things to try, but thought someone might have already found a good product!

how does he sleep???
a simple thing such as changing positions can remedy this ....

I hate to admit this Heather, but when I was younger (about 23) I dated a guy that had sleep apnea and no matter where you went in the house, you heard it. It ended up being a deal breaker for me and I broke it off with him.

Thanks girls......I wondered how effective the strips were. I think I'll buy a mouthpiece and see if he'll try it.

I don't know if anyone has any homeopathic remedies? I looked some stuff up online at 3 this morning...lol.....but some of it seemed kind of way out there.


HA! @ clothespin.

I'm slap happy anyhow from not enough sleep!

Thank you kind sir.....that was something that crossed my mind too........maybe if he would try a pillow like I use (it's a memory foam one with the rolls on the ends) and try going to sleep on his side.

It sounds so crazy thinking it could be a deal breaker, but if someone isn't willing to fix it, I can totally see where it could be. Thank god......I think he will go along with my attempts to help it quiet down a bit. He's not bought into the sleep study yet, but I'll keep working on that..

First off ....... does he stop breathing during his snoring time, does he fall asleep at inappropriate times------driving, work, meetings ect... than this could be a more serious problem requiring medical help.

Otherwise...a separate SLEEPING room might be required,or if you have the need to sleep together the simplest an a more economical device would be ear plugs--- they could save your relationship with a little sacrifice on your behalf.

I was going to mention earplugs too.
My newlywed niece has to do that cause her husband is a very loud snorer.

Totally relate. Actually my ex-husband and I started sleeping in separate bedrooms for EXACTLY that reason .. he wouldn't try remedies to stop the obnoxious noise and I couldn't use earplugs because of the children. It ended up with us being roomies instead of lovers. End of story.

*sigh*

Feel your pain girlfriend

You might also try Vicks Vapo Rub under his nose. It helps them breathe
through their nose, which often times
is dry, and Vicks will moisten it. I've
tried it and my daughters said it had
worked. I don't know I was sleeping!

Good Luck!

I have to tell you my late husband was
a snorer. He would be so loud I'd turn
the tv on and it didn't cover his snoring. And after about six months I just got used to it. After he passed
away, I missed the snoring

Thank you all.....

I'm hoping this will just take time to get used to, along with some product to help it a bit. All along I thought it would be my snoring that would be embarrassing. I had a boyfriend long ago that never could get used to my snoring, and I was a thin person then, so it wasn't just weight related (that isn't the point anyhow). I'm going to write him a nice long email detailing what we can do to help each other with the snoring and some things we can try to help each other with it.

I'm sad to see that people actually have broken up or disengaged from each other partly from this issue, although it isn't surprising. Exhaustion can take it's toll on everyone. I already missed getting up 2 days this week to make his coffee/breakfst and chit chat before he left for work because I had finally given up and went elsewhere to sleep. That's not how I want this relationship to go, and it saddens me.

Thank for all the mingle help! I'm committed to finding a fix! Not letting this one get away simply because of this one issue.