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jep
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snoring?
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Mar 3 21:33 UTC 2006 |
I heard on NPR (Ira Flato, Science Friday, Talk of the Nation) that
some 60-70 million people have their sleep affected by snoring.
I didn't have time to listen to most of his show, but while I was
listening, the host suggested asking a dinner group about snoring, and
see what comes of it. He figured one person would hesitantly say
something, then eventually there'd be a flood of responses.
Grex is not a dinner group, but it seems like an interesting discussion
topic.
Do you snore, or are you affected by anyone who does?
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jep
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response 1 of 55:
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Mar 3 21:38 UTC 2006 |
My ex-wife used to snore. I presume she still does. Many times, she
woke me up from a sound sleep, and either she or I wound up on the
couch.
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mcnally
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response 2 of 55:
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Mar 3 21:45 UTC 2006 |
I snore.
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edina
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response 3 of 55:
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Mar 3 21:48 UTC 2006 |
I snore if I'm congested.
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slynne
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response 4 of 55:
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Mar 3 21:50 UTC 2006 |
I snore. It is worse when I have allergies or when I go to sleep drunk.
Other people's snoring seldom bothers me. The dog of mine who died in
November snored really loudly and I kind of found it comforting. I
actually couldnt sleep for the first few nights after she died because
it was too quiet. The other dogs snore too but not as badly.
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scholar
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response 5 of 55:
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Mar 3 21:55 UTC 2006 |
I don't snore, but that's only because I'm a superhero. :(
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jadecat
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response 6 of 55:
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Mar 3 22:00 UTC 2006 |
I snore when I'm congested, and my hubby snores sometimes. Sometimes it
wakes me up- sometimes his snoring wakes HIM up. :) Every once any
awhile one of us will head to the couch because of the other's snoring
(though that's usually because sleep is hard to come by that night for
other reasons).
I used to get all embarassed, "I don't snore!" but what's the point?
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tod
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response 7 of 55:
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Mar 4 00:27 UTC 2006 |
I snore. I had sleep apnea til 2002 when I got the turbinate redux,
septoplasty, and tonsilectomy and prior to 2002 snored VERY VERY LOUD.
Now, I just kinda snore like a human instead of a bear.
My wife is used to my snoring and darned if we're not all snuggly and stuff
when we sleep, too. Getting the surgery was the best thing in the world I
ever did besides deactivating that nuke when Jack Bauer couldn't figure it
out.
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charcat
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response 8 of 55:
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Mar 4 00:39 UTC 2006 |
I snore and so does my cat, (one of my mother's cats snores quite
loudly)
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nharmon
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response 9 of 55:
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Mar 4 02:26 UTC 2006 |
Items 148 and 150 are related. Diet and sleep are two of he biggest
things effecting our mental and physical health. I did some research in
sleep disorders for a child psychology course in college. I found quite
a few cases where children with behavioural problems were treated like
medical patients (instead of bad kids who needed to be spanked), and it
was found they had sleep disorders. After adenotonsillectomies all
around, their behaviors changed literally overnight.
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scholar
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response 10 of 55:
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Mar 4 05:40 UTC 2006 |
Right, conclude that diet and sleep are the biggest factors when it comes to
health because you took a psychology class GEARED TO CHILDREN when you were
in college.
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furs
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response 11 of 55:
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Mar 4 11:57 UTC 2006 |
God, how funny that you wrote this. Normally, I don't have a problem
with my husband's snoring, but every once in a while I do, and last
night i did! When he get's on his back he'll start snoring and wakes
me up. I just push him over, but had to do it like 4 times last
night.
I only snore when I have a cold.
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nharmon
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response 12 of 55:
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Mar 4 12:51 UTC 2006 |
Re 10: Thats funny, I don't see you contradicting me. And by the way, it
wasn't just in child psychology that I learned about the importance of
sleep in mental and physical health. Just look at the effects that apnea
has on physical health; heart disease, weight gain, high blood pressure,
anxiety, depression.
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slynne
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response 13 of 55:
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Mar 4 14:11 UTC 2006 |
resp:11 hahaha. Jeanne, you should poke him in the ribs when he snores
;)
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naftee
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response 14 of 55:
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Mar 4 19:28 UTC 2006 |
bignasty
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marcvh
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response 15 of 55:
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Mar 5 00:51 UTC 2006 |
My father snored loudly, and had bad sleep apnea. I never realized how
bad it was until he was recovering from his strokes and I was monitoring
his sleep; he would regularly go well over 60 seconds without breathing
before stirring and resuming the snoring.
I generally haven't found that other people's snoring keeps me awake; I'm
a problem sleeper and usually have a hard time falling asleep whether
there is snoring or not.
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tod
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response 16 of 55:
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Mar 5 22:18 UTC 2006 |
re #9
Any kid who gets their sinus cavity gutted is going to behave a lil more
afterward.
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nharmon
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response 17 of 55:
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Mar 6 01:44 UTC 2006 |
We're not talking about a little bit. We're talking about incarcerated
repeat juvenile offenders with poor scholastic performance and a high
risk for becoming antisocial in adulthood doing a complete 180. I'm
looking for my research paper, if I find it I'll post some cites.
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glenda
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response 18 of 55:
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Mar 6 05:38 UTC 2006 |
Snoring seems to run in my family. Two of my three sisters, my mother, and
I just spent a weekend in a hotel for a Stitch-in. We all complained about
the other three snoring. I worked midnights for a while before I moved out
on my own. Mom and Dad held regular snoring compitions and one of them would
end up on the couch. It was funny to listen to when I had a night off and
was trying to watch TV; their bedroom was off the living room and I could hear
every snore.
STeve has severe sleep apnea, they are pretty sure that it caused the stroke
he had in 2001. He stopped snoring as soon as he got the cpap machine. I
had started wearing earplugs at night a long time before that. I still wear
them today because the noise of the machine can keep me awake or prevent me
from going back to sleep if I wake up. He occasionally teases me about
snoring, but it is usually when I have a cold or am suffering from allergies.
Damon snores loud enough that I can hear him in my room and he sleeps in the
attic a floor above us with both doors closed. Staci usually has music
playing at night, so I'm not sure if she snores or not.
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jep
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response 19 of 55:
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Mar 6 14:15 UTC 2006 |
I don't snore much, myself.
I also have a lot of sleeping problems. I regularly use sleeping pills
these days; they help me a whole lot.
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tod
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response 20 of 55:
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Mar 6 17:50 UTC 2006 |
re #17
I think you'd also find dyslexia and ADD and a slew of other problems that
are never addressed within underincome urban families, too.
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keesan
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response 21 of 55:
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Mar 6 18:45 UTC 2006 |
I doubt dyslexia has anything to do with how much sleep you get.
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richard
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response 22 of 55:
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Mar 6 19:02 UTC 2006 |
re #18 wearing earplugs while sleeping isn't good, what if there was a fire
or screaming and you didn't hear it because you were wearing those while
sleeping?
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slynne
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response 23 of 55:
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Mar 6 19:12 UTC 2006 |
yeah. one wonders how deaf people ever live through the night.
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jep
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response 24 of 55:
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Mar 6 19:57 UTC 2006 |
You can just sleep with your eyes open. That way if you see smoke, you
know to take out your earplugs so you hear the instructions people are
shouting at you.
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