How can i get my husband to stop snoring and grinding his teeth at night?

Question

my husband is so loud at night and wakes me up with his snoring and grinding his teeth. and he grinds them loud! i've mentioned a mouth guard that they make for people who grind there teeth at night but he wont wear one because he says that it will be uncomfortable. and if he has his mind set on not wearing one, there's no talking him into it, so that's out of the question. and he wont get snoring strips either. i hate waking up all night from him and then having to wake him up to stop. then he's right back at it in 5 minutes. he eventually gets up and sleeps on the couch during the night. got any solutions for me??

Answer 1

I feel your pain.  I've been married for 17 years to a wonderful man who also snores very loudly and grinds his teeth.  He didn't really believe how bad it was until I started getting up shortly after going to bed so I could sleep on the couch.  I think that's was the final nudge for him to go to the doctor.  He was finally diagnosed as having sleep apnea after being referred to a sleep clinic.  He stops breathing throughout the night for a few seconds at time.  He now uses a CPAP machine but when he rolls over he tends to yank it off in his sleep.  

I'd rather sleep with him of course, but I gotta tell you, when you have a good relationship, both physically and emotionally, it doesn't matter.  I still sleep on the couch but we still have all the time we need to be intimate.  

Since you can't convince him with words to see a doctor or to try something, you may be able to with your actions, if done in an understanding and loving way.  If it sounds like you're nagging, nothing good will ever come of it.  If your husband understands that you just want to sleep, and you're only sleeping on the couch because you have to, he might reconsider doing something about it.  Anything done with love and understanding will get a much better response than something that is said or done out of frustration.  If you think you can stand sleeping on the couch for a while, it just might convince him that you're serious.  Especially if you do it without anger or frustration.

Good luck.  I wish you and your husband a good nights sleep.

Answer 2

send him to orthodontist and they will fit him for a retainer that will stop the grinding or a mouthpiece which could stop both give the second one a chance first then as last resort do the first one

Answer 3

well you could tell him to get his teeth taken out, that would stop that bit, then you could get a couple of ciggerette filters + hey presto sorted

Answer 4

Your husband most likely has Sleep Apnea! A potentially life threatening condition! He could literally wake up dead from this one day! It happened to my uncle! I was diagnosed with Apnea as well but have taken the steps to treat it.

He should go see his doctor and have a sleep study done! If he is diagnosed with apnea, he will have to use a machine known as a CPAP when he sleeps, this will stop the snoring and give both you AND him the opportunity to get a good nights sleep!

Bottom line is, get him to the doc to get checked out!

Do a web search on "Sleep Apnea" to learn all you can about it.

If he refuses to do what NEEDS to be done to correct this, tell him that regrettably, you'll be forced to sleep in separate rooms! That might be enough motivation alone to get him to have it checked out! I know if my wife told me she would no longer share our bed with me over my snoring, I would certainly do something about it!

Answer 5

no cause your husbands a fat ***