Dealing with snoring
 

I'm in college and have a room mate who snores like a bear (assuming bears are loud snorers).

Two questions: Is there some way for him to not snore?
And if so: How should I break it to him without seeming rude?

polite way: deal with it and suffer.
rude way: buy a box of those no snoring strips and leave it on his desk.
ruder way: tell him to shut up.
rudest way: dip his hands in warm water as he sleeps so that he'll piss in the bed, then next morning laugh at him, then tell him you'll do that every night till he stops snoring.

Buy earplugs. (Although you probably won't hear your alarm in this case)

Tape him snoring, and when you go to sleep first, play the track while he's getting into bed.

smother the snores with a pillow to his face

I snore like a trooper. ( Do they snore )?
The soft pallet ( excuse the incorrect spelling ) flops about in the breeze and creates a unique vibration within the throat.
Tape him and let him know that Foghorn in the bedroom is not the way to go.
Failing that just drop olives into his mouth mid breath.

Snoring
 

cchris, you say that you snore, yet you provide a list of options to use on the snor-er. Has anyone ever tried them on you, and have you found that any of them work?

Apparently, I snore like a chain-saw. It doesn't bother me per-se, but it bothers my wife, and that bothers me. I've tried the stupid little strips, and they don't do anything. There is a surgical procedure that is effective, known as an uvulectomy (The uvula is the little thingy that hangs down at the back of your throat). That is very effective. But, aside from that, I would like to be able to find a way to stop.

The best solution I've been able to come up with so far is to make sure that my wife falls asleep first, that way my snoring doesn't keep her up. But, not always successful at that.

well my dad snores pretty good... but he wears those little strips that go over the nose... and they help...i guess they help hold the nostrils open so hes not breathin thru his mouth...

The strips help me somewhat. I have found a small fan pointing directly at my face also helps.

I have this aromatherapy oil stuff that does wonders, though. It's made out of Marjorum or something.

When I lived in a suite in college, one of my roomates snored like mad. I was not in the same bedroom as him but the guy that was would throw a tennis ball at him. He would whip this thing at him and, while it didn't stop the snoring, it made him feel better. ;^)

It is possible that the person has a form of Apnea. People who snore loud and often should go to a sleep clinic to be checked. My father and I have both been diagnosed and put on a CPAP machine to sleep with. Now, I never snore unless I get drunk and forget to turn it on at night :D

Re: Dealing with snoring
 

WE ARE :)

Seriously though. There is little machine called a CPAP...it's like a small medical grade vacuum cleaner that attaches to a mask you wear on your face.

Provides Positive Airway Pressure. (PAP)...not sure what the C stands for. My father has had a serious problem with snoring all his life and has been through the surgery mentioned earlier and employed a number of other snoring cessation techniques...to no avail.

Since the CPAP...he goes to bed looking like a fighter pilot at high altitude...he has nothing but praise for the gizmo. Snoring can be very serious, and is often accompanied by sleep apnea, which in extreme cases can lead to death.

He claims to get a much better nights rest and wakes much more refreshed.

My snoring is usually the result of some life style choice....like drinking like a fish or something else which results in nasal swelling or other breathing passage trauma. I just lay off those things and my snoring (according to the wife) is gone.

Good Luck,

-bear

Roll him on his side. Most people snore only when they sleep on their back. I guess it's kind of a hassle to go over and roll him over every night, though...

Earplugs would be the nice thing to do. Talk to him about it. If he's not an asshole, he might tell you what an old roommate from camp or something did in your shoes and suggest an alternative.

Definately get him to take a sleep study test, he might have sleep apnea. I used to snore like hell before I got mine, it continuously pushes air into your nostrils so it's nearly impossible to snore with it on.

wow, well I def know what you are going through... My dad snores like crazy sometimes and sometimes i just lie awake b/c all I can hear is that awful sound.... the only way to deal with it that I know of is to buy some earplugs or maybe put some calming music on low while you're goin to sleep. There's one thing that I have learned the hard way... waking him up is NOT a good idea... they can get verrrrryyy grummpy lol

I agree with Sledge about the whole rolling him on his side... I've heard it may stop him from snoring

CPAP = Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.

Yes, I used to snore like a demon, now I'm quiet as an angel :)

I love me my CPAP! And so does Shyla I bet ;)

This is a crazy thing I used to do to my roommate that snored. I would grip very hard or even punch his feet. This would wake him up just enough that the snoring would stop, but not enough that he was really conscious.

I tell my roomates to roll me over if I'm snoring...which I do. If it gets so bad the walls are rattling or your sleep cycle is seriously disturbed, perhaps your roomie needs to see a specialist. Could be a symptom of a bigger problem.

1. Sew a pocket onto the back of a t-shirt - right between the shoulder blades.
2. Insert tennis ball into pocket.
3. Sew pocket closed.
4. Have roomate wear t-shirt to bed every night
5. No sleeping on back = no snoring
6. No Quasimoto jokes.

Re: Snoring
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Elessar

Apparently, I snore like a chain-saw. It doesn't bother me per-se, but it bothers my wife, and that bothers me. I've tried the stupid little strips, and they don't do anything. There is a surgical procedure that is effective, known as an uvulectomy (The uvula is the little thingy that hangs down at the back of your throat). That is very effective. But, aside from that, I would like to be able to find a way to stop.

QUOTE]

I had my uvula along with 1/4 inch of my soft palete removed via laser. It was the best decision I ever made. For years I would wake up feeling almost as tired as when I went to bed. They finally figured out that my breathing was acutally stopping for a few seconds continually through the night due to the snoring. The morning after the surgery I woke up feeling like I had slept for 20 years.

A warning for anyone thinking about having the done however. You are going to have an incredibly sore throat for about 2 weeks afterwards, you are basically getting third degree burns on your throat. I looked at my throat in the mirror after the operation and the back of my mouth looked like a piece of cooked chicken, it was all white.

That tennis ball idea sounds like a winner---it would work for me, but it sure wouldn't for my wife....she is one of the few people I have seen (heard) that can snore laying on their stomach...

The worst snoring I have heard was this dad that went on boy scout camping trips with us...he snored in every position and would wake the whole camp up---30 scouts running around in the middle of the night was not fun..

Sounds like fun to me.