r/snoring

I’ve been traveling for the past number of months, and yes, snoring in hostels is a thing — and I’m fine with it the majority of the time. But man, this guy… this guy would wake the dead. I had to leave the hostel at 2 a.m. and come back with earplugs just to sleep. Then the guy wakes up the whole dorm packing his bags at 6 in the morning.

What I’m trying to say is: if you snore badly, please give people a heads-up.

I think at this point divorce is my only option. We have tried everything, can’t afford an apartment with a second bedroom…. And I’ve done earplugs, white noise, I can’t sleep with headphones in. He refuses to sleep on the couch any longer.

Looks like this might be it for us. I can’t live like this. I love my husband but at what point do I need to protect my body and ensure I get enough sleep?

My partner’s snoring has gotten so bad that it’s honestly affecting my sleep and my mood. I’ve tried nose strips, white noise machines, and even earplugs, but nothing seems to block it out enough for me to get a full night’s rest.

I recently came across sleep earbuds with adaptive noise masking that supposedly adjust to the frequency of snoring, and now I’m wondering if anyone here has actually tried them. Do they really work, or is it just another gimmick?

At this point I’m ready to try anything, but I need something that can actually handle loud and changing snoring sounds. Has anyone had real success with this kind of technology?

hi everyone! i’m a 23f and i snore kinda bad. i have recently gotten into a relationship with a very light sleeper and someone who takes a while to fall asleep while i can zonk out as soon as my head hits the pillow.

this is really affecting his sleeping & i even found him on the couch this morning because it was so bad. i’ve tried things like nose strips, im working on losing a bit of weight (whenever my dad loses weight he stops snoring so i figured id try it out), blowing my nose before bed, etc. but it just doesn’t seem to be helping.

my boyfriend is very understanding and is not upset with me in anyway but i know he values his sleep a lot. and i don’t want to keep interrupting his sleep because then we won’t really be able to have sleep overs lol

so what im asking is, what else can i do? i really enjoy staying the night at his place but i cannot in good conscience keep sleeping here when i know it is affecting his sleep this much!

any advice is appreciated & please be nice!

I use the loop quiet ear plugs and I can still hear my partner snoring, also if I wear them every night they really irritate my ears. I need help! He won’t get a sleep study either

I'm running out of options, I've been to a ton of doctors (pulmonologist, cardiologist, etc) and everyone says my poor sleep is stress-induced. I made major lifestyle changes 5 months ago and now regularly exercise, sauna, meditate, breathwork, eat well, and zero alcohol (longest I've gone before this was probably 2 weeks, not heavy drinking but frequent).

The Lofta apnea test points at mild apnea which makes sense, I wake up every day with a headache and I hit an insane wall of fatigue mid-day every single day even if I total 8-9 hours of sleep, it's debilitating. "Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea (G47.33) - based on a pRDI=6.8 and O2 nadir of 88%." I figured with the results I'd try a mouthpiece and even if I felt the slightest bit better I'd then look into CPAP.

I've just slept 2 nights with Somnofit-S, both nights no improvement and waking up every 2 hours as usual (not gasping or snoring just can't get restorative sleep ever). Started with the "2" band, moving to "3" tonight. CPAP isn't ideal but at this point I don't care if I have to live inside an incubator to get guaranteed restful sleep. Hoping for the best tonight with the Somnofit.

Hello. I snore. I chew at night. It is a hard combo for a MAD.. before you read, I am not an author. Also, most of these will work for most people.. however I snore, stop breathing, AND chew/grind my teeth hard. This is a harsh environment for a MAD. Here is what I found that works.

Firstly, I absolutely destroy snore RX’s. I delaminated the mold of two of them. This is a 1000% no go. HOWEVER. When they’re not broken they work beautifully. SO. If you don’t chew like a dog on a bone at night? This thing will stop your snoring. Also. You need to wear chapstick. Because this thing is big. Your lips will be open and will dry out bad overnight. Chapstick and no Bruxism (chewing/grinding) is a must with this one. Customer service is top notch. Good people good company. Just not for me.

Big one: it’s the expensive one. Almost 250 dollars when not on sale… presenting…. The vital sleep. I kept opening my mouth and slipping out of it since it does not articulate. I went thru three headbands to keep my mouth shut as this one was holding up to delamination. I would slip out of them until I found the knight headband. It’s like a cap. A whole hat. with two straps. One solid/non-strechy strap and one stretchy/tension strap. Big Velcro. Good material. Worked like a charm keeping me in the vital sleep. However. I woke up one night. After less than a week of finally finding a solid headband and I had snapped the vital sleep. I pulled my jaw back hard enough to snap the screws. I woke up rubbing the two pieces back and fourth like vital sleep was rubbing my two hundred dollar bills together. Got a refund of $219.00. Sorry vital sleep. Solid customer service. Good people. Again not for the tooth grinder.

Next I tried the standard Z quiet. It’s bad. It’s just bad. Don’t do it. It hurts within 45 seconds. No go. No more on that honestly. You get what you pay for.

Next I tried the one that shaq promotes. The green one. I forgot what it’s called. But you don’t need to know. Also garbage. Did not even sleep with it. It does not hold your tongue. Has the same issue as the vital sleep, simply open your mouth and your bottom jaw is free to go wherever (causing you to snore) and the strap that holds your tongue is supposed to be adjustable. It is not. It’s gimmicky to me. Did not work at all. Refund process is a pain. Pay your own postage back and you have to wait weeks for them to receive it and confirm with many messages back and forth. Just don’t. It’s not worth the headache.

Bonus: the suction cup thing that goes on your tongue. Trash. Open your mouth while you’re literally unconscious?you will! You probably will! and it’s useless. Plus a choking hazard imo.

Recently I have been running the Z quiet advanced on the fourth bar… not recommended for all. It’s kind of a stretch but I’m used to it now. This one holds up. I have been running it for three months and it is showing no signs of wear. Except maybe the bars. It kind of opens easier now. And I can kinda get the bars to “give.” A little at this point. However the mouth pieces themselves are in great shape. Thinking about getting the replacement kit which they sell for 14.99. This one works guys. Plus it’s cheaper than the snore RX and the vital sleep AND they offer replacement parts? Solid all around so far.

I have the snorelessnow/ Swedish made fancy one in reserve in case this goes bad. But have not needed to break it out yet. Might actually be okay with buying another Z quite advanced if it ends up lasting 6-8 months. But I’m only half way there. I don’t mind dropping $80 when I’m looking at that timeframe.

Had a sleep study done recently but going to take a while for the results. Anyway when I did it the breathing tube fell out. I’m sure she said it’s not a big deal if that came out. Everything else stayed in place. Obviously my main issue was with the breathing/snoring so I’m worried it wouldn’t be able to pick anything up still. I’m unsure if I have sleep apnea because it’s very very rare I wake up gasping for breathe (it’s only happened a couple of times). Will it matter if the breathing tube came out? What will likely happen?

After years and years of trying every device known to mankind to stop my husbands snoring, this did the trick. We have spent soooo much money, I wish we’d tried this first. The only other product that worked halfway decent was the Smart Nora but it is expensive and big and wakes my husband up repeatedly throughout the night and it’s hard to travel with. The VitalSleep took about a month for my husband to get used to - he wore it briefly the first several days, then a few hours each night, then half the night, now he wears it all night. it will cause some teeth/jaw pain during the break in phase, but it’s worth it. For the first time in 10 years he does NOT wake me up at night. He is very happy to be back in our bed and out of the guest room.

been snoring for a while and nothing i’ve tried has really done much. different pillows, side sleeping, nasal strips, all kind of meh results

randomly came across people talking about “airway exercises” and tongue posture stuff and it sounds a bit out there honestly

i tried a few of the basic things for a couple weeks, not super consistently, but my partner said i’ve been a bit quieter at night lately.

not sure if it’s coincidence or if there’s actually something to it

has anyone here actually stuck with this long enough to see real results?

As title suggests, my snoring is caused by my nose getting clogged up at night. No matter if I sleep on my side or back, propped pillow or not, I wake up clogged and mouth breathing.

Nothing decongests me other than waking up, sitting upright, and blowing my nose. Sometimes it’s so bad I need a hot shower to unblock.

I’ve been to an ENT and he’s said my sinuses are perfectly healthy and he doesn’t think my septum is deviated enough to cause issue (he said most people have a deviated septum and it’s not often a problem). Did an MRI and everything and it’s all clear. He said he reckons it’s an allergy thing but I’ve literally had this my whole life regardless where I sleep, including leather couches and literal hard floors.

I’ve tried antihistamines and I think it helps a bit but not much.

I think it’s a gravity thing but what tf am I meant to do about that??

What is going on and how can I stop it?

My snore score in SnoreLab is typically single digits but my partner is still disturbed by it. Honestly, I could live with us sleeping apart at home (and during the weeknights in particular) but it makes traveling together really tough, especially if we stay with family. I have an appointment scheduled with an ENT but I’m really worried that there will not be any permanent solution. It seems like even if I breathe heavily it still disturbs him. He also hates sleeping with any kind of earplug, but it might be enough for travel at least. Noise machine seemed to help a little bit.

Wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and whether there’s any glimmer of hope. I’d love to know how you handled it!

I love him so much but his snoring is awful. He said when he weighed less he didn’t snore. We have tried everything from nose openers, mouthpiece, mouth tape literally everything. He just needs to lose weight. He will get really upset if I say anything insinuating that losing weight would help the snoring. What do I do?

My boyfriend snores rly bad and when he doesn’t snore he breathes really loud through his mouth, i’ve told him many times to look it up (we have free healthcare where i’m from) but he never does. I also snore but i have looked it up and i’m waiting for a date to take out my tonsils. I tried to talk to him again now but he just says that it’s not dangerous (but it can be) and he doesn’t seem to even care that he wakes me up every night sometimes multiple times during the night so my sleep gets messed up. And then he had the nerve to say that i don’t get to say anything about him bc i also snore but nmr 1 he can still sleep and nmr 2 IVE GOTTEN HELP, im literally going let someone cut in my throat and he can’t even get an appointment so see what really is causing the snoring in the first place. Are/have anyone been in this position before and if so, what can i do? We live in a studio as well so i can’t sleep in a another room

My partner put on a lot of weight and basically started snoring really badly. His doctor mentioned he needs to lose weight, which was early last year and his attempts to exercise have been less than impressive, he loses weight than puts it back on. I'm newly pregnant too, and we mostly now sleep in separate rooms which makes me really sad and I feel disconnected. I've recorded him, shared how I've felt.. but things don't really seem to change. How have people got through to their partner about this? I feel like it's ruining our relationship... And I don't want to keep sleeping apart, especially as we'll have a baby soon.