Snoring your way to the doghouse
Anyone who believes that snoring has nothing to do with the subject of survival has never had their life threatened by an exasperated spouse.
OK, that was a joke. But the fact is, chronic snoring has caused an endless amount of rifts between those who share the same bed or even the same room, often resulting in one of the two finding a different place to sleep.
There are other factors that connect snoring to survival. First of all, snoring could be a sign that there is a more serious health problem. You want to make sure you are as healthy as possible in case you have to bug out or even hunker down to get through an emergency situation. In addition, if you’re ever sleeping outdoors on your way to a secret bug-out spot, you don’t want your snoring to give away your location.
But even if you never have to encounter the disaster that you’ve wisely prepared for, you’re going to want to try to stop your snoring…or the snoring of your spouse. Snoring could be reducing the amount of sleep you get, it could be limiting the amount of oxygen that reaches your brain when you sleep and it could cause you to be less sharp in your thinking the next day. Below I’ve listed some tips in case you or your spouse has a snoring problem:
- Change your sleeping position. Try sleeping on your side instead of your back.
- Try a different pillow, especially one that raises your head higher.
- Try an adjustable bed that lifts your back and head higher than a pillow would.
- Lose some weight. That will relieve some of the pressure on the internal diameter of your throat, which collapses during sleep for snorers.
- Avoid alcohol right before bedtime. Yes, it could put you to sleep faster, but it also negatively affects the muscles in the back of your throat.
- A shower before bed can help open your nasal passages, making it easier to breathe.
- More serious snoring issues should be dealt with by a doctor, who may recommend a mouthpiece, a CPAP mask, surgery or a laser procedure.
Are you a snorer or does your spouse snore? If so, what methods have you used to reduce the snoring?
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Your remark about an “exasperated spouse” may be more true than you know. Many years ago I woke up because I couldn’t breathe and found my husband pinching my nose shut!
I have sleep apnea and have been using the good morning snore solution for the last few months and highly recommend it . They claim it will work for sleep apnea and it does everything they claim it will. This is a must if you want to get a good restful nights sleep.
I use a CPAP and cannot, repeat, cannot sleep without it. It’s more than just snoring that’s the issue including the fact that gasping and snorting yourself awake can alert many unwanted parties. In a survival situation, the only solution would be to not sleep! To take it with me in a bug out where there’s no electricity will be waste of time. It will run only a car sized battery. That’s not feasible. I also take drugs to help, but that will probably also no longer be available. Tried the dental fixture & nasal strips – didn’t help. Got this condition when I wasn’t fat & it hasn’t made any difference now that I am. Doc says it won’t help to have surgery. I’m not clear what else I can try. Any other suggestions?
i use the zquiet mouth guard/snore guard..it looks just like the mouth guard i wore playing football with the exception being the lower jaw retainer jutting forward..thus keeping your lower jaw from dropping down shutting your airflow as you lie on your back;the main cause of restricting breathing resulting in snoring.,,it works great..just get the quick set gel to fill the mouthguard….at first impression,it’s a simple mouthguard and it’s costly,but worth it for your health
I use a CPAP, and have done for some time. I have found that nasal strips are also a big help. I am going to try a dental fixture in conjunction with a chin strap. I hope this combination will replace the CPAP because the face mask is sometimes very uncomfortable to sleep with. I’ll keep y’all updated.
The CPAP face mask is terribly uncomfortable to sleep with, but unfortunately it seems to be the only thing that really works. Hopefully some day they’ll design a better mask that’s easier to sleep with.