I don't really notice that it is effecting my sleep but I'm hearing a lot of complaints and the gf has to sleep in a separate room. I've heard a video and it is loud. I don't think it is apnea as I haven't been gasping a lot. Ive stopped drinking later at night and stopped eating as well.ive heard that steam inhalation works really well. Anyone ever tried that?
OT: Snoring
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"Drop a few lbs" is good advice. I have sleep apnea but couldn't get to sleep with CPAP (though it does help a lot of folks). Went on a low carb diet the day after Thanksgiving and went from 5' 10" 195 lb to 180 lb. Haven't felt better in many years. Probably going to drop another 5 - 10 lbs but maintaining at 180 for now.
Ditto the others. See a doctor, get a sleep study. My doctor finally convinced me I have sleep apnea and as troublesome as a C-Pap machine is, it probably saved my life. I've lost a few lbs., but I'm still overweight. The C-Pap machine lets me sleep better and more soundly.
Use Flonase before you go to bed or a saline nasal spray and sleep on your side (you will have to get feedback from the GF as to which side works best.
Slight thread hijack, but I bet Sleep Apena’s dignosis rate is out of this world. Not sure I know anyone who had done a sleep study and not ended up with a CPAP.
It could have a lot to do with selection bias in the sample. How many people would go through the trouble of having a sleep study done if they weren’t basically miserable from not sleeping properly? It already takes a lot for me to see a doctor. Scheduling an overnight study would be exceptionally easy for me to put off unless I hated sleeping.
I snore and don’t have sleep apnea and I’m overweight. That’s the reason I snore. Only about 50 percent of people who snore have sleep apnea.
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Exactly ^^^^,
I was over weight and wife said my snoring was starting to keep her awake. I got a sleep study and sure enough they said I had apnea. No way I could sleep with a CPAP so I got my but in gear and lost weight. It's unreal how good I feel now, don't snore anymore, sleep a ton better and don't wake up in the morning feeling tired.
Forest, I suggest losing some weight and then if you still wake up in the mornings feeling like **** and your gf says you're still snoring then go get a sleep study. Don't waste your time with a sleep study until you lose some weight cause 9 out of 10 times, losing weight will cure your snoring and will improve your sleep and will cure the apnea.
Sleep apnea can be life-threatening. I would not put off getting the study until you have lost weight. If you need a CPAP, then subsequently lose weight, you may be able to get off the CPAP. But living with SA can cause damage to your heart. You are depriving your body of needed oxygen.
Also, the CPAP's today are able to monitor your sleep and automatically download results to your doctor so they can track your performance.
Also, the CPAP's today are able to monitor your sleep and automatically download results to your doctor so they can track your performance.
There’s also two types of apenea: obstructive and central. Obstructive is classic ‘loud snoring’ but Central is a disruption in breathing patterns.
Obstructive is much more common.
I’ve heard that Central cases are tougher to treat. CPAP’s aren’t as effective, because the pressure can be suffocating.
Obstructive is much more common.
I’ve heard that Central cases are tougher to treat. CPAP’s aren’t as effective, because the pressure can be suffocating.
Went to sleep doctor last year,did the test and confirmed I have sleep apnea. 29 events an hour. I’m only 5-10 and 190+ so I’m not overweight but could lose a few pounds. The only dang thing that cpap did for me was stopped my snoring and gritting my teeth. Been using it for six months and can’t tell any difference in the way I feel. May have to have another sleep study to see what’s causing this. Frustrated as hell.
Oh and to add to my post, the cpap did help me go from stop breathing 29 times an hour to three but yet I still feel like crap.
Not sure if this applies to you, but I use to be over weight and my snoring was awful. I lost a bunch of weight and the snoring stopped fwiw.
Try the iPhone app SnoreLab, it is good for recording and measuring how bad it is, it gives a nightly snore score of 0-100. Mine measured at 80, and reached ‘epic’ loudness several times each night. It was keeping my wife and I awake.
Was considering a sleep study this year, but dread the idea of needing a permanent CPAP if weight loss doesn’t help. Tried out a tongue retainer device a month ago and that is so far solving it for me. Took me a week to stay asleep with it on, but right now snorelab is scoring me at an average of 5 each night, snoring is almost gone, and is not loud when it does happen. The device definitely looks ridiculous, it looks and feels like sleeping with a pacifier. But if it keeps working I will take that over needing an electric powered mask every night. The version I bought was zensleep, but there are lots of similar looking cheaper versions on Amazon and elsewhere.
So if you think snoring is originating from your throat and back of tongue relaxing too much, there are non-CPAP remedies that MIGHT help. Everyone is different obviously. Ideally I’ll lose 20 lbs and not need anything.
Was considering a sleep study this year, but dread the idea of needing a permanent CPAP if weight loss doesn’t help. Tried out a tongue retainer device a month ago and that is so far solving it for me. Took me a week to stay asleep with it on, but right now snorelab is scoring me at an average of 5 each night, snoring is almost gone, and is not loud when it does happen. The device definitely looks ridiculous, it looks and feels like sleeping with a pacifier. But if it keeps working I will take that over needing an electric powered mask every night. The version I bought was zensleep, but there are lots of similar looking cheaper versions on Amazon and elsewhere.
So if you think snoring is originating from your throat and back of tongue relaxing too much, there are non-CPAP remedies that MIGHT help. Everyone is different obviously. Ideally I’ll lose 20 lbs and not need anything.
Honestly sleeping with a cpap on isn’t bad at all. Didn’t take me long to get use to. Main thing is getting the pressure set right and the business that deals with that helps the patient with that. Since the machine is satellite networked they can change settings from their business
I went through the sleep study, and it didn't help me either. I always slept on my stomach. I was talking to some one and they mentioned they went through the same thing. They said elevate your head and sleep on your back. It helped. But the thing that seems to have worked the most is losing weight and almost cutting all sweets out. I used to eat too much junk.
It definitely takes a week to get used to. It’s not comfortable, but tolerable enough. I had also tried a fitted mouthpiece in the past, that holds jaw slightly forward, but gave up. The mouthpiece made my jaw hurt, and felt like it was too much pressure on my teeth. The TRD is not pulling or pushing as much on any teeth.
I guess I’m one of the few. My sleep study diagnosed me as a narcolept. After being monitored overnight I was laid down for naps every 2.5 hours. Fell asleep on average of 1min and 45secs after laying down.
Back to snoring - I haven’t snored a peep since the day I got my tonsils out in 2016.
I got a sleep study done a couple of years ago and I have it bad. They said I stopped breathing 68 times per minute. I love mine. I won’t even try to sleep without it. And yes, I am a fat 17’er. 6’0 280ish lbs
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