British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association

Hello everyone,

I'm 23 and just found out that I snore (girlfriend has told me)! I think people in the past must have been too polite to say anything. I've been recording myself when asleep to see how bad I am, I snore every night. Not for necessarily long periods but there's probably a snoring episode lasting 10-15 minutes every hour.

I don't believe I have sleep apnoea, as I am never tired in the day, but I guess you never know. I am not overweight, and I snore whether I have had a drink of alcohol or not (rarely drink).

I decided to book in to see my GP, but I wondered if any one could tell me what he's likely to recommend as a first option? I'd like to try and get this sorted out, because I'm worried my girlfriend is just going to hate me for it.

I think that he'll do the height, weight and neck size checks and ask about smoking and drinking. You may want to do an Epworth test beforehand, here's the link - http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/sleep_a ... _scale.php

This will probably help to see if it is apnoea or not. To be honest, I don't think they'll do that much, when I went a few years back just to ask about snoring they did nothing. When I went last year about snoring they did refer me to the ENT clinic but he just recommended that I buy a snoremender (which worked quite well to be honest).

Let us know how you get on and welcome

Cheers Headthrob,

Do you still use the snoremendor? I've done the Epworth test, and based on that I don't appear to have sleep apnoea.

Thanks

No, I stopped using it once I got the CPAP machine.

Hello there, snorer123! How did you get on at the doctor's?