How To Beat Your Snoring Problem
Does Your Story Sound Anything Like The One Below?
“Enough I said.
I couldn’t stand another night of it. My wife jabbed my side at least 5 or 6 times throughout the night, and my ribcage was starting to hurt just as much as my pride.
I woke up gasping for air at least 3 times that the night. Finally, I was lulled back to sleep in spite of the garbage truck outside and the neighbor’s screaming kids.
Around noon I finally gathered the strength to roll out of bed feeling as though I hadn’t even had a wink of sleep. I felt more tired than I did when I first laid my head on the pillow. I went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee my wife was no where to be found.
I assumed she’d been called into work early. I felt bad for keeping her up last night so I gave her a call asking if she’d like me to bring her some lunch.
“I’m sorry honey but I just can’t stand sleeping next to you. You snore like a lawnmower I couldn’t even get peace and quiet on the living room couch. I left in the middle of the night and slept at my parents house.”
Ouch.
That one word sums up how I felt.
Was I really that bad? REALLY?
I realize now she was doing me a huge favor. After ignoring her pleas for months to get my snoring under control, it took her spending the night somewhere else for me to have that ‘lightbulb moment’.
I can be stubborn at times, aren’t we all a little bit?
At around 2 pm returns home and hands me a sticky note with the number of a nearby Sleep Center. ……I Threw It Away. I had no intention of going to the Sleep Center I could find a solution to this on my own.
So I naturally did what any person would do, I Googled “Stop Snoring”
My internet search returned what could best be described as page after page of disappointing results.
Surgery? No thanks I’ll pass. A bunch of sloppy review sites based outside the good ol’ US of A? No thanks I’ll pass.
Nonetheless, I continued on my search to find my own solution to my snoring problem. I’m embarrassed to admit I spent way too much money on a bunch of junk that just never worked for me.
Shhh please don’t tell my wife! We’re supposed to be saving for a new car 😉
I didn’t find stop snoring sprays useful, and I had limited success with stop snoring chin straps and mouthpieces. Some of them were cheap and broke on my right away, and some of them helped A LOT.
In spite of my initial success I eventually visited the Sleep Center at my wife’s urging and that’s when I heard the BIG 3 WORDS.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
What the hell was that? Not long after my diagnosis I was put on a CPAP trial.
I absolutely hated it.
Dry mouth, an itchy face, and just all around discomfort. I found stop snoring mouthpieces to be the next best thing so I went back to using my mouthpiece.
After about a month I was fitted with a new CPAP mask. I wasn’t 100% happy with being back on a CPAP, but this time around was infinitely better than the last. While not without it’s flaws this CPAP was comfortable enough that I could get through most night knowing I could breathe easy.
I still use my mouthpiece against the wishes of my doctor. I can only tolerate the CPAP about 4/5 nights a week. I am not “cured” of my snoring problem, but I finally have it under control and am able to enjoy sleeping next to my beautiful wife.”
