# How do you stop a Snore Monster? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918 "2007-05-21T13:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/41 "2007-05-23T20:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] God, I just can’t WAIT to pinch his nose shut! I can’t stand that he’s working late tonight and I’ll actually get uninterrupted sleep until 3 or so! [/QUOTE] That just made me laugh out loud 😛 Aw, I just read the result and saw that it freaked him out. That makes me think, though- it sounds like his throat is all but completely closed while he’s snoring. That sounds potentially dangerous. He should probably have a sleep study whenever it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/42 "2007-05-23T20:49:41Z")
Does he sleep with his chin tucked in? That could probably enhance his snoring - volume, if not do/do not. I used to have a girlfriend who complained that I slept on my back (for a completely different reason :p) so, my trick was to pull the two mattresses ever so slightly apart, creating a hollow that I naturally fell into. With a smaller than normal pillow to rest my head against, I slept great, even sideways. I still do it now, even though I don’t get the complaints any more. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/43 "2007-05-23T23:21:42Z")
I use a radio with earplugs and listen to the radio. Once I actually get to sleep, I don’t hear him anymore. If he goes to sleep before me, the noise irritates me and makes it even harder to get to sleep. (Why do the noisy people drop off to sleep so quickly anyway?) I put the ear plugs in loosely and they fall out overnight. Sometimes I strategically place the cord under a pillow edge or in my hand in such a way that the earbuds will get pulled when I turn over. Occasionally, I get the cord tangled and knock the radio over. My new radio is too light, so I may have to tape or velcro it down, but my old radio never got knocked over. Still, this is better than nothing. And vodka is good, too. (For you, not him) J/k ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/44 "2007-05-24T00:29:24Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Well, last night he crawled in at 2 and immediately fell asleep (after gifting me with his cold-ass feet first, of course) and the roaring commenced. I tried the earplugs - I guess they help, but you can hear the snoring _through_ them and I just hate the way they press against the inside of my ear in all directions. I mean, urgh! So I also tried the nose pinching thing. It took a surprisingly long amount of time to get his mouth to open and take in some air! He woke up maybe a minute later all freaked out and scared: “Did you do something to me?!” “Uh, maybe?” “I woke up feeling like I was gonna die! Like there was this awful feeling of dread. It was so scary!” “Uh, maybe you had a bad dream?” “You did something, didn’t you?” “The SDMB told me to. It isn’t my fault.” He was so scared and whimpery. ☹ Who’s the monster now, huh? [/QUOTE] Dude, it’s called “apnea” and he was deprived of oxygen. For who knows how long. Plan to (someday) get to sleep lab/CPAP unit. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/45 "2007-05-24T00:41:16Z")
If allergies are part of the problem, a HEPA air filter will help clean the air and provide white noise. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/46 "2007-05-24T22:59:35Z")
A doctor may be able to write a prescription for a uvula spray. The way I understand it, before going to sleep, the snorer sprays the medication on their uvula so it gets numb, which helps a lot of people stop snoring. The spray cap has a tube on it to help direct the spray (like a can of WD-40), so just the uvula is numb and the gag reflex isn’t suppressed too much. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/47 "2007-05-24T23:01:50Z")
[QUOTE=TheBoneyKingofNowhere] Dude, it’s called “apnea” and he was deprived of oxygen. For who knows how long. Plan to (someday) get to sleep lab/CPAP unit. [/QUOTE] Dude, he was deprived of oxygen because I held his nose shut. Maybe he has apnea, maybe not, but I assure you, holding somebody’s nose shut is a good way to give them shortness of breath if they just won’t open their mouths! ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918/48 "2007-05-25T17:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Ca3799] (Why do the noisy people drop off to sleep so quickly anyway?) [/QUOTE] probably because even though they’re sawing down the house (decible-wise, at least), they’re really not sleeping that well or deeply. “amen” to everybody who mentioned alcohol makes the snoring worse. hubby has allergies, which restrict or congest the nasal pathways. strike one. i’m darn near positive he has at least a mild case of sleep apnea. i sometimes listen in fear, hoping that i hear him resume breathing _soon_. strike two. twice now he’s had operations on his sinus cavities to remove polyps that have (over)grown in there. (on the first round, it was so bad that apparently his nose had been broken internally from the pressure the growing polyps had put against the cartilage.) strike three. what freaks the hell out of me is when his snoring takes on sound effects. one night while i was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, i had to run and open the door so i could figure out WTF was going on – i swear to Og, it sounded EXACTLY like one of those hospital-room ventilators was operating in our bedroom. (that _WEEEEEEZE_- **shunk** sound effect from TV hospital dramas) and he wonders why i so often fall asleep on the couch downstairs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-a-snore-monster/404918.md?page=2)