<p>What would you do if you snored and your roommate kept waking you up to tell you to stop? and then because you really cannot help snoring and the things to stick on your nose are not working so you tell her to get ear plugs but she says she cant afford to go out and buy them and continues to wake you up every time you snore. and then when you go out and buy her ear plugs but she doesn't even use them and have been sitting on her dresser unopened for the past week and she still continues to wake you up and you haven't been able to get a good nights sleep because of it. and you can't just get a new roommate because even though school just ended you are sharing an apartment together and you cant afford to find another place to live.</p>
<p>I know you can’t help snoring, but did you make it clear to your roommate before you decided to live together that you snore? If not, I have no sympathy for you. </p>
<p>While your roommate may be directly waking you up, you are indirectly waking her up. Ear plugs are uncomfortable, and not entirely effective. Your roommate probably feels uncomfortable about having to go out of her way to accommodate you.</p>
<p>I would recommend that in addition to attempting to decrease your roommate’s ability to hear, you take steps on addressing your own problem. Have you gone to a doctor? Is the snoring the result of a sleep apnea, a deviated septum, or allergies? In addition to attempting to ride yourself of the snoring, you can try playing white noising and directly telling her to not disturb you in your sleep. </p>
<p>Is there any way to avoid sleeping together? Maybe a living room you could convert into a bedroom? I don’t know exactly what your situation is, but if neither of you are willing to compromise you might just need to get away from each other.</p>
<p>And your snore wakes her up, so it’s hardly fair to complain that she wakes you up. It’s not very nice and earplugs are probably a better solution on her end, but they do take a while to get used to and they can kinda hurt. But maybe try reminding her about the earplugs next time she wakes you up, and explain that you’re looking for a better solution but for now there’s nothing you can do to stop.</p>
<p>I’m not going to blame you. Yes, snoring (if its REALLY bad) can be annoying and disruptive to a good night’s sleep, but it’s not exactly something you can control. I do agree that finding the cause of it is important though, and not just for the sake of others. Sleep apnea and such can be really bad and you want to get things of that nature looked at. As for your roommate, explain to her that you can’t control it (Don’t understand why she told you to “stop”) and that you will try to work something out to make it bearable/go away and REALLY mean it. Although it’s not under your direct control, it is an understandable cause of annoyance/frustration. Now, I understand that you may not have had to share a sleeping space with someone before, but you probably will have to again the future so this is something worth solving. </p>
<p>I’m a snoring roommate and that is my biggest fear. I’m a bit confused if you are in an apartment don’t you have your own room?</p>
<p>What would I do? I would tell her that I can’t control my snoring and please stop waking me up, and then I would find a new apartment.</p>
<p>It sounds like you’re both at an impasse because you’ve tried methods to decrease your snoring and she’s not willing to try ear plugs. So something has to give, and that will probably be the two of you not being roommates anymore. Why can’t you afford to find a new place to live? It never hurts to look. You may be able to find another apartment for a similar rent.</p>
<p>Have you tried a white noise machine? That might mask your snoring enough that it doesn’t wake her up. </p>
<p>Try wearing the ear plugs so you cannot hear the roommate informing you that you are snoring! :)</p>
<p>I have trouble sleeping and I had a roommate who snored. Since there is not much I could do about it, I learned to get over it.</p>