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This guy is driving me to madness, making noises that I didn't know a human was capable of making. He moans, groans, talks in his sleep and snores and it's preventing me from sleeping / making me very tired during the day. Any suggestions?
This guy is driving me to madness, making noises that I didn't know a human was capable of making. He moans, groans, talks in his sleep and snores and it's preventing me from sleeping / making me very tired during the day. Any suggestions?
If he DOES have sleep apnea, he is a candidate for a sleep study, to confirm the diagnosis, and to get him fitted with a sleep apnea mask and machine.
I used to do the same kinds of things, in my sleep, and it WAS driving my wife crazy.
Now, with my face mask and positive pressure air supply, I sleep WELL and Quietly.
Sleep apnea causes the person to STOP breathing, many times a night, and they wake up feeling horrible, as they didn't get to the deep level of sleep that is needed to rest and recover.
Talk to roomie, and ask him to read about sleep apnea, and see if he has the basic symptoms that this disease presents.
What like ask to be assigned a new roommate? Besides that, he's not that bad so I'd feel like kind of a dick for switching, but if it doesn't get better I may not have a choice. Had to skip morning classes and catch sleep while he was awake, was awful.
It's early in the semester. Now is the time to move if you can, before you have to start worrying about mid-terms.
In the meantime, get earplugs.
I feel for you. My sophomore year I had a roomie who snored, and it drove me up a wall. She was a doll, though, and very easy to live with, so for the next semester, I ended up rearranging my classes so my sleep pattern was a little bit different than hers. Plus, by then I had a boyfriend, so I wasn't around as much. The year after that, I got a single room. If you're really sensitive and there's a dorm with single rooms, you might want to look into that for next year. I lucked out and got one as part of a two-woman suite such that we had our own rooms but shared a bathroom instead of having to go down the hall for showers, etc.
Or, if there are dorm rooms with more than two people but have study alcoves and walk-in closets, you could do what my four roommates and I did my freshman year: Claim an alcove for your bed. It might be cramped, and if you fall out of bed you'll be under a desk or something, but having a door is worth it. Of the five of us, no one slept in the main room. Two were in the side room and the rest of us had alcoves--which made the main room a great "living room" for parties. Not that I would encourage such things in a dorm. No, never.
If he DOES have sleep apnea, he is a candidate for a sleep study, to confirm the diagnosis, and to get him fitted with a sleep apnea mask and machine.
I used to do the same kinds of things, in my sleep, and it WAS driving my wife crazy.
Now, with my face mask and positive pressure air supply, I sleep WELL and Quietly.
Sleep apnea causes the person to STOP breathing, many times a night, and they wake up feeling horrible, as they didn't get to the deep level of sleep that is needed to rest and recover.
Talk to roomie, and ask him to read about sleep apnea, and see if he has the basic symptoms that this disease presents.
Good Luck.
Jim B
Toronto.
This! My brother has/had it. It's a very serious conditon and can be fatal. He should definitely research it and look into it. I can't stress that enough. My brother had it badly. It was actually quite scary to witness.
This! My brother has/had it. It's a very serious conditon and can be fatal. He should definitely research it and look into it. I can't stress that enough. My brother had it badly. It was actually quite scary to witness.
I occasionally suffer from this it seems, And it's quite common apparently. Good post Goldy!
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