What actually helped reduce your snoring?

  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Breathe Right strips worked for a bit but weren’t effective long term. Eventually got tested for sleep apnea and ended up with a CPAP machine.

  • junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    A sleep study would probably be a good idea just to make sure you’re not stopping breathing while snoring - AKA obstructive sleep apnea. A sleep doctor may even have some other ideas like custom dental appliance or things other commenters and I aren’t aware of.

    CPAP worked for me, dental appliance did not, nasal strips never worked

  • enkille@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    adjustable bed to sleep at an incline, or if i’m on vacation in a hotel i make a T-shape out of the pillows to incline as best i can from the waist up. if my sinuses feel clogged at all before bed i might take a claritin or something. exercise to get rid of some body fat also seems to have helped.

  • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What’s your diet? What’s your habits?

    Overall improvement in diet and habits can have an amazing effect on this. Cut out all the unhealthy shit and start drinking water exclusively. You got this.

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Used a folded up blanket instead of a pillow for my head. The blanket thickness can be customized to get the perfect angle to minimize snoring. I can also make it a little thicker on the sides so when I roll on my side, it also aligns my head and neck properly.

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Bipap works wonders for snoring. I fucking hate the thing though.

    Others have had luck with removal of tonsils/adenoids but that can be really rough as an adult.