For all them snorers..

[CamaroScotty]

Originally Posted by TFord

There are also risks with that too. I served with a guy that had such sever sleep apnea that he had to get a custom air compressor for his CPAP machine. He needed +50 lbs of air, I only need 15 lbs. They did that surgery, and something went wrong. He went on leave and flew home and he started bleeding form his ears, nose and eyes mid flight. I forget what he said happened but, the end result is that he can't depressurize/equalize??? He cant fly any more because the change of altitude/air pressure...he says that the pain and pressure was unreal! true story the guy was a submariner, had to get out the service because the pressures change while submerged.

Point here is, choose your Dr WISELY.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by TFord

I snore loud enough to be heard from the parking lot where I live (im on the 3rd floor). discovered that I have sleep apnea, If you often wake up and feel like complete arse its worth getting a sleep study to find out if you have the same condition. My uncle passed in Feb due to sleep apnea.

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

ive got it. ive been told numerous times that ive stopped breathing in my sleep. I also have a deviated septum. and have to have surgury to fix it in the fall.

sleep apnea can kill.

Damn. Really? I know I have it, just haven't had the study.

Originally Posted by theholycow

Thanks, I think I'll take my chances on dying quietly in my sleep.

I almost woke my daughter up laughing.

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

ask your family how they might feel about it.

I know. I know. But in response to the other post, it was F-ing hillarious.

[midnighter]

duct tape works too

[KnightRiderSS]

[PQ]

I was going to start a thread about snoring so I searched first.

I have a BAAAAD snoring problem. Only when I gain a few pounds. I'm literally sleeping in the game room couches so poor Bonnie can sleep.

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by theholycow

You sleep with your brother?

Reminds me of a joke, hillbilly wedding in the hills, big hootenanny, drinking, eating and shooting. When its over the young married couple head off to their honeymoon cabin. Once inside they start to make out and when it gets close to time the young bride ask her new husband to take it easy on her as she is a virgin. He shakes his head in disbelief and leaves for home. His mother is cooking up a stew of leftovers and is surprised to see her son and exclaims, "what’s wrong?” The son hangs his head down low in shame and tells his mother that she is a "virgin".

“If she ain’t good enough for their family, she ain’t good enough for ours.”

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by PQ

I was going to start a thread about snoring so I searched first.

I have a BAAAAD snoring problem. Only when I gain a few pounds. I'm literally sleeping in the game room couches so poor Bonnie can sleep.

Ive been there, had to sleep 2 rooms over so the GF could get some sleep

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by CamaroScotty

T and uvula cut out.

Id like to have mine snipped as at times I become acutely aware of it and constantly feel like I got something stuck in the back of my throat, which I do

[Steve Dallas]

I've been a loud snorer for years now, but in the last two weeks I finally went to a doctor because I've been super tired, even during the day.

Basically, I not only snore, but have Sleep Apnea...which means I stop breathing for 10 seconds or so at a time, then start breathing again after waking up. Essentially, whent his happens, your body gives a shot of adreniline. Because of that, I don't get deep or REM sleep. I did a sleep study a little over a week ago, and will be getting a CPAP machine to basically help prevent this. 17lbs pressure...

WIth the machine, I will get deep and REM sleep, something I've probably been not getting for the last 10 years.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by CamaroScotty

Temporary fixes only.

Go get your nasal noid's removed, tonsils, and uvula cut out. It's the only way....but be warned.....it is the most HORRIBLE PAIN you'll ever have known!

But I still have sleep apnea....so bad that during a surgery in 2005, I went in respitory failure and almost didn't come back.....No more normal anisthesia for me, it will shut me down (flatline). Also a current bi-pap user!

Worse then getting a needle shoved in your eye while awake and no drugs/anesthetic?

[11BEE]

I have been a snorer for 15 years. I was always tired, but I was just too pig headed to go to the doctor. Finally, my wife said it was fix the problem, or sleep in the garage. I was so loud people could hear me from outside, so I saw an ENT. He sent me for a sleep study. Turns out I had apnea.

They put me on a bipap, and the difference was amazing. I slept through the night and felt remarkable. My wife started to sleep through the night as well and this improved our relationship. No longer were we sleeping apart, I was in the same bed as my wife.

I want to reiterate what many have said on here. Snoring is a symptom of something wrong. It could be that the person has apnea (life threatening) or is overweight (again this can be life threatening).

My simple advice for anyone that snores. MAN UP, and go see a doctor. The worst thing you can do is treat a symptom and not the real problem. In this case my treatment with the bipap has probably saved my life.

I now have a small travel bipap that can run on batteries and I even wear it on planes.

[Ruin]

If you snore, are over 25, have a large neck or are overweight... go to your doctor and DEMAND a sleep study.

Chances are high you have sleep apnea. Those of you have it should know, it's serious and it's a killer. It wears down your heart and takes years off of your life.

Had my father's been diagnosed earlier, he might not have died at 51 (when I was 17). And it's nothing to even joke about "dying peacefully in your sleep." I was with him, he wasn't asleep and it wasn't peaceful. A heart attack caused by a failing heart (induced by sleep apnea) is NOT a pleasant way to go.

If you guys think you might possibly have it - especially those who stop sleeping in their sleep (you do have it)- get to a doctor, immediately. It could seriously save your life.

I'm 23 (24 in August) and in decent physical shape - but I have a bigger neck. I get my first sleep study this fall and will do one annually until either I need treatment or until I'm too old for it to matter.


I make this my PSA to anyone I meet. I wish someone had done it for my family, so I figure if I can help just one person, well, that's good enough for me.

[ibeck]

Zombie thread back from the dead!!! I've never had snoring problems at all, I don't know I guess I'm lucky.

[Ivas]

Oh you said snorer, I thought you said schnorrer. It's a Yiddish word for a bum.