Snoring Partner Shortens your Life
Does your partner snores at night?
Is your sleep disturbed by the snoring of your partner? If yes then this might be disturbing your own sanity.
You need to understand why your partner snores at night. Snoring, an outcome of sleep apnea , may be a continuous torture to you at night after your partner sleeps!
Remember, sleep apnea is a sleep related breathing disorder, where the sufferer wakes up tired, with dry mouth, headache. Snoring might arise late, and before that your partner might be suffering from insomnia. So before all this you should know the symptoms of snoring i.s sleep apnea . Remember snoring is not the only one cause of sleep apnea! There is a list of others that your partner is ignoring.
You definitely need to see a doctor if it is getting intense.
Being the non-snoring partner, you might be suffering with serious issues due to lack of sleep and your partner’s continuous snoring. It might appear not very intense thing until you are into it and suffering the torture every night! Before knowing what you should do, you should know what secondhand snoring is!
Second Hand Snoring Partner
Are you new with this term?
Secondhand snoring is the term used for the life partner that is not snoring and unable to sleep due to continuous snoring of the other partner. Just like passive and second hand smoking, the one not doing it is at risk of more problems than the one who does it.
Secondhand snoring, also known as partner snoring, can disrupt almost 2 hours of sleep of yours every night.
Following are some severe health issues that a second hand snoring partner might face. Make sure you do take measures to get out of it as soon as possible.
Sleep Deprivation may cause Mental Diseases:
Sleep deprivation is the lack of sleep. It might be because of insomnia, due to an overworked schedule, or a snoring partner. Studies shows that severe mental disturbances can arise from sleep deprivation, including mental disorders like:
1. Anxiety and Major Depressive Disorder:
Change in appetite, usually loss of appetite, depressed, overthinking, insomnia or hypersomnia, poor concentration and suicidal thoughts might arise. Increases in heart rate, visual disturbances, and tinnitus may be associated with anxiety as well.
2. Bipolar Disorder:
Pressured speech, impulsiveness, focus maintaining problems, irritable mood and complete shift of normal personality may arise from sleep deprivation.
3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
It usually has symptoms such as extreme excessive anxiety for the last six months, with poor focus, muscle tension, restlessness and disturbance in sleep schedule because of increased heart rate.
4. Schizophrenia:
Hallucinations, disorganised speech, delusions, disorganised pattern and gait , might arise from lack of sleep.
These disorders are mental disorders that might arise from prolonged second hand snoring.
Other Disorders Caused by Second Hand Snoring
Studies show that lack of sleep causes other disorders like Chronic Kidney Disease, Heart attack due to increase in heart rate and blood pressure, increase in preload and afterload on heart. There is a long list of disorders that are actually the result of sleep deprivation, including Gastric tract disturbances, loss of appetite etc. Loss of appetite results in loss of nutrients leading to anemia, muscle weakness and fragility.
How to Overcome Sleep Deprivation and Secondhand Snoring?
Partner snoring can be very disturbing and dangerous but you need to figure out ways to avoid this disturbance at night. Here are 5 important measures you should take to avoid these disturbances.
1. Communication with your Partner:
Communicate openly with your partner. It is necessary that the problems should be addressed. You should actually discuss it with a list of solutions and that your aim is to cure your partner and save both of you. Ask your snoring partner about when it started. If it is a long term relationship, i.e marriage etc, you both would better know about it that how long ago it was a problem. Be understanding and share some quality information about what else you both can do to cure it.
2. Encourage your Snoring Partner to see a Doctor:
Once it is discussed with him/her, present the solutions. Encourage your partner that it is not something to be embarrassed off. Take it on a light tone and motivate him to see a doctor or therapist. Some people develop sleep apnea with lifestyle routines, stress mismanagement, disturbed sleep schedule etc. Help your partner in that and share words about it. Let him decide what is good for him too.
3. Try using Earplugs at Night:
You can use earplugs at night too. Try to avoid noise by ways like ear plugs, changing sleeping habits. Both the partners should be contributing and if possible you should ask your partner to do it for you because you are the one who is suffering. Make sure your sleep schedule is as less interrupted as less it could be.
4. Try Completing your Sleep Hours in Day time too:
If you feel like, your sleeping hours are less than normal, that is usually 7-8 hours every 24 Hours. You should not completely give up. Relax and sleep a few hours extra a day to overcome the deprivation until your partner is completely cured. If you are disturbed during the day time , try to manage it by coming home early, doing home chores a bit early and going to bed an hour or two earlier than your partner’s schedule. Try to sleep soundly.
5. Separate your Room:
The only solution left is changing rooms. If your partner is reluctant to see a doctor, or the therapy is taking time, prioritise your self-care and patience. Separate your room. Politely tell your partner that sleeping in the same room is disturbing your functioning. Normalise speaking seriously about disorders like this. Avoid myths and norms and choose yourself.
Do not be offensive but very politely switch your lifestyle as it works for you. If you do not make a decision in early stages, you might get serious mental or cardiovascular disorders later on!
