Snoring

[HvRooyen]

So while most snoring is little more than a nuisance (albeit one that can be hard to treat), the big question to be answered is whether the snoring is associated with significant upper airway obstruction - specifically nasal problems, or more seriously part of "obstructive sleep apnea". Based on your answers I cannot form a reasonable opinion, but you may want to talk to your GP about this, have him / her examine your airway and maybe even consider going for sleep studies (overnight in hospital, hooked up to devices measuring your breathing).
This should assist with proper management.

 

[R4ziel]

So while most snoring is little more than a nuisance (albeit one that can be hard to treat), the big question to be answered is whether the snoring is associated with significant upper airway obstruction - specifically nasal problems, or more seriously part of "obstructive sleep apnea". Based on your answers I cannot form a reasonable opinion, but you may want to talk to your GP about this, have him / her examine your airway and maybe even consider going for sleep studies (overnight in hospital, hooked up to devices measuring your breathing).
This should assist with proper management.

Thank you sir, I will have to go see the GP sometime then I assume, I appreciate your answer. Ill post back here once I have been to the GP for anyone else having the same problem

 

[The_MAC]

Like I have no energy. But when i get home in the evenings I feel fine and I can game till whatever time in the night.

Theres your problem, stop gaming and start exercising.

 

[Ecko_1]

I also suffer, or rather my wife suffers with my snoring.

I only snore when sleeping on my back though. If I lay on my side or stomach i am silent.

I grew up in a damp house which meant an almost always blocked nose. This meant i had to breathe through my mouth most of the time.

My nose is no longer blocked up, but once i fall asleep I revert back to breathing through my mouth only and then follows the snoring.

 

[Ecko_1]

I did notice that when we were on holiday the room had a very flat pillow. I slept on my back, and my wife said i did not snore at all.

 

[Drifter]

At that price, my wife will just have to live with the snoring.

They have gone up quite a bit I see, but they really make a difference and last forever.

 

[bigboy529]

Snoring, can't stay awake, fall asleep in the cinema, constantly feels tired.
You might have sleep apnea, go to a sleep clinic and get yourself tested, there are even some these days which comes to your house so that you can get tested in your own bed. I'm not sure if your GP must refer you or whether you can just go to one.
They will hook you up to machines and test blood oxygen levels threw the night as well as some other things. The second night they will let you sleep with a CPAP machine and do the same tests again.
Ultimately if you have bad sleep apnea you will have to get a CPAP machine to sleep with every night. From what I heard they can be a shlep in the beginning to get used to and they have a couple of side effects but ultimately they are life changing if you suffer from sleep aptnia.
Basically as I understand if you have sleep apnea you never really reach a deep sleep, hense without realizing you never really sleep/rest well, this is why you easily and constantly fall asleep on the couch at home, in the cinema etc.

A CPAP machine basically creates positive pressure in your system and keeps the airway open allowing you to breath so you don't stop breathing at night.

My dad has the same but doesn't want to listen, doesn't want to get tested. A uncle of mine has a CPAP machine for a around 6 months now, it has changed his life. Appart from the snoring which is gone, he is well rested after a nights sleep, doesn't fall asleep on the couch anymore when watching TV etc, he said that he never realized how tired he was every day and that he actually never rested well at night. A friend of mine also uses one, he has been using it for around 5 years now.

This can be very dangerous as essentially you starve your brain of oxygen during the night, it can also cause kidney damage and a lot of other damage in the long term.

 

[R4ziel]

Snoring, can't stay awake, fall asleep in the cinema, constantly feels tired.
You might have sleep aptnia, go to a sleep clinic and get yourself tested, there are even some these days which comes to your house so that you can get tested in your own bed. I'm not sure if your GP must refer you or whether you can just go to one.
They will hook you up to machines and test blood oxygen levels threw the night as well as some other things. The second night they will let you sleep with a CPAP machine and do the same tests again.
Ultimately if you have bad sleep aptnia you will have to get a CPAP machine to sleep with every night. From what I heard they can be a shlep in the beginning to get used to and they have a couple of side effects but ultimately they are life changing if you suffer from sleep aptnia.
Basically as I understand if you have sleep aptnia you never really reach a deep sleep, hense without realizing you never really sleep/rest well, this is why you easily and constantly fall asleep on the couch at home, in the cinema etc.

A CPAP machine basically creates positive pressure in your system and keeps the airway open allowing you to breath so you don't stop breathing at night.

My dad has the same but doesn't want to listen, doesn't want to get tested. A uncle of mine has a CPAP machine for a around 6 months now, it has changed his life. Appart from the snoring which is gone, he is well rested after a nights sleep, doesn't fall asleep on the couch anymore when watching TV etc, he said that he never realized how tired he was every day and that he actually never rested well at night. A friend of mine also uses one, he has been using it for around 5 years now.

This can be very dangerous as essentially you starve your brain of oxygen during the night, it can also cause kidney damage and a lot of other damage in the long term.

Ill definitely get this checked out as I have heard of sleep apnia before but as always I'm too stubborn to listen. Ill check with a GP next week and ask him about this as well, maybe he can recommend some place.

 

[Ho3n3r]

They have gone up quite a bit I see, but they really make a difference and last forever.

Not enough difference to justify the price for the average single-income SA household.

 

[bigboy529]

Ill definitely get this checked out as I have heard of sleep apnia before but as always I'm too stubborn to listen. Ill check with a GP next week and ask him about this as well, maybe he can recommend some place.

My friend also didn't want to listen until once or twice while still being a student he almost died during the night when his breathing stopped, then he got it checked out.
At first it was very embarrassing for him being a young guy with this problem, having to sleep with this Darth Vader contraption every night, but eventually he got over it and these days most people don't even know that he's a sufferer because ultimately it's only his wife seeing him at night in the bedroom.