<p>so i just stayed in a hotel with my dad, when we were visiting my college.</p>
<p>he snored all night long, and if i didnt fall asleep before him, it took me HOURS to go to sleep. so then i got to thinking, what if my roomate(s) snores? </p>
<p>i know some of you out there must deal with this problem...ive tried ear plugs before (like generic ones), and they never really canceled out all of the noise, plut they are very uncomfortable when you are laying on your side. on my trip, all i had was my ipod so i tried blasting that to cancel out the noise, but i couldnt fall asleep with the songs (i kind of was singing them, lol, so i couldnt drift off). the only other thing i can think of is getting some loud, nature sounds song that is like an hour long, and blast that on my ipod so i wouldnt sing along (but that would suck to have to do every night).</p>
<p>what do you guys do to solve this major problem (I HOPE MY ROOMMATE DOES NOT SNORE!)??????????</p>
<p>my roommate snored like hell. i couldn't stand it the first few days but after a week or so i got used to it. i just tried to go to sleep before he did so it wouldnt bother me</p>
<p>I hate to tell you, you don't always "adjust" to it. My roommate snored and I had to use earplugs after the first week because I could NOT sleep more than 2 or 3 hours a night because her LOUD ASS SNORING kept me awake. Now, my mom snores too, but much quieter and I can fall asleep if she is snoring because she stops periodically. But my roommate, hers was CONTINUOUS LOUD SNORING from the minute she fell asleep until she woke up the next morning. A couple of times I only fell asleep because I stuck my finger in my ear on one side and crammed the pillow against the other side. Even if I went to sleep before she did, it would wake me up once she started. </p>
<p>Earplugs were a godsend (but you have to get the good kind like hunters use). Luckily, I only had to do it for a semester (she moved out in december) but I was extremely glad because the earplugs gave me a slight ear infection from wearing them so much and cramming them in my ears as far as they would go to block out the noise. I'd say try to change rooms if it's unbearable. You'll start to just hate your roommate if you don't. My roommate was generally a nice person, but since she didn't particularly care how bad her snoring was bothering me, it just made me want to strangle her most of the time that we were in the same room after a while.</p>
<p>I can hear my dad's snoring from across the house and upstairs. Just ask him to roll onto his side, that usually works. I used to know what causes snoring: it's something in the throat or nasal passage that dangles, so when you're lying on your back, it clogs the airway, and breathing causes the snoring sound. When you're on your side, the airway is usually clearer, so there is less snoring. It's something along those lines. If sleeping on his side doesn't work, there are a ton of anti-snoring tools like those Breathe-Right Strips that you put across your nose to keep the air passages open. If it's really miserable, ask him to use them.</p>
<p>I don't think I could adjust to snoring..at least the louda** snoring my cousin did when he slept over. I had to go to the next room and sleep on the floor.</p>
<p>Just pray you get a roommate that doesn't snore. Like me ;)</p>
<p>here are some options for noisy roommates (snoring, typing on computer, etc):</p>
<p>-what about if you go to bed before he does? hopefully he (if you even get a roommate who snores), wont be loud enough to wake up up from a sound sleep.
-you can invest in some OTC sleep aids.
-you can put a white noise machine on your night table (if he asks why, or tells you that he cant sleep with it on, then you are perfectly reasonable in telling him the truth).
-you can put a fan on high near your head to block out the noise.
-you can set up your room where your heads are as far apart as possible.
-if you have bunk beds, sleep on the bottom
-roll him over onto his side
-if he is asleep (obviously he is if hes snoring), put on some music softly- he wont even notice it (and if he does, he wont be snoring anymore)
-be honest with him- buy him some nasal strips that are supposed to decrease intensity of snorin
-offer him decongestants when he is sick</p>
<p>I didn't blame my roommate for snoring, but I did blame her for knowing how loudly she snored and still deciding to get a very small dorm to share with someone else she didn't even know. She also didn't really care that it was bothering me, and told me "oh. sorry". She didn't even try to sleep on her side or get those nasal strip things to keep it from being so loud.</p>
<p>you can be obnoxious, blast music, yell, laugh all night and keep the other person up. THEN they would have an incentive to either switch rooms, or modify their behavior.</p>
<p>go to sleep with some headphones on, But make sure if theres a fire alarm ur room mate wakes you. Im a deep sleeper and there was a fire alarm and my roommate left me.</p>
<p>Wow, being an avid snorer myself, hopefully I don't get somebody as inconsiderate as some of you as roommates. I'm sure there are bigger problems than snoring in a dorm room. I mean, if you can't deal with snoring, how are you going to deal with all of the other stuff that happens in dorms or even apartments? People need to toughen up and learn to adjust to stuff like this. Have you people never been to a party and ended up sleeping on some random floor or even outside? There are much worse conditions you could be in.</p>
<p>sorry TomK, but i think that if snoring bothers a person, it is much worse than "dealing with the other stuff that happens in dorms" (this is very unclear, btw), mainly because snoring is something that you would have to deal with EVERY SINGLE NIGHT (if you pass out on the floor once a week, chances are you only cared about partying that night, not getting a good nights sleep).</p>
<p>whether you have a HUGE final the next day, or just have to be at an 11am class, not getting more than an hour or two of sleep ANY DAY OF THE YEAR will wear anyone out and cause irritablilty. sure, your roommate may not care, but IF you get one who IS affected by it, i think it could get pretty messy.</p>