I was fitted by my desntist for a nightguard that he usually prescribes for patients who grind their teeth at night. It's molded like a football mouthpiece to fit over your upper teeth with a small tab that fits behind the lower front teeth to bring the jaw forward, keeping the airway open.

My wife says its works pretty well, unless I've had a few drinks then all bets are off.

Try talking to your dentist. He might have some insight.

Yeah, I was supposed to get one of those; basically it fell off the priority radar when I was going through my divorce, but I think it's time to revisit it.

My doctor told me I was fat and to lose weight.

That's all I got.

My snoring decreased noticeably when I lost weight.

I did a sleep study a few years ago - no apnea. Not sure I could handle one of those CPAP machines, although I'm told they're much better than they used to be.

Earplugs don't work for wife, she still hears me.

I'll get myself in better shape, and bought one of the mouth piece thingies. IF it doesn't work, I'll go see this sleep guru dentist and see whether I can get his appliance through insurance. If so, I'll go that route.

Such a huge industry. I found a website where a guy tested all of these mouth pieces and tells you which ones he likes and why - really informative. Hoping to avoid the expensive one, but hey, if I can get it covered under insurance I'm game (I already hit the max out of pocket due to bad injury to wife this Spring...)

I'll keep you posted.

 -Dan

I had  a deviated septum fixed after the sleep study and had a CT scan of my sinus passages yesterday. All looks clear.

If I can't solve it with mouthpieces or the guru Dr. Moses, I'll look into it again, but nothing is worse - I'm actually better since the study, but not "better" enough...

What about the sleep number bed? They claim it is adjustable to remidy snoring issues.

What about the sleep number bed? They claim it is adjustable to remidy snoring issues.

That's surprising.  I've had the opportunity to sleep in one a couple times (some Radissons have them) and found it was basically an adjustable air mattress.

They have the one in the commercial that the wife uses a remote to lift the husband's upper body into a reclining position (like a hospital

I think that's the one to which he is referring.

- Dan

Just looked that one up.  Starts at $8,000 for the one where you can lift different sides of the bed.  Yowza!

Cpap machines are expensive, noisy and you'll have water dripping down the back of your throat all night, not to mention the hurricaines shooting up your nose.

I've used a machine for 9 years.  My current machine is eerie quiet.  In fact it is so quiet my wife had a hard time getting used to the lack of white noise she had become used to.  With the humidity setting correct (2 out 5 on my end) I never have problems with the water dripping.  And with the right air pressure settings I'm quite fine with the hurricane winds (13.5cfm - rather on the high end of things). 

I'd have to say your machine wasn't set up right.

As to cost, you can find decent models in the $400 range.  Yes, top end models can go $1800 or more.  In my world, they've been worth every single penny and then some.