I'm a bigger (fat) guy. I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I'd quit breathing for up to 30 seconds. Often dozens of times an hour. I've been working on it though. Joined a gym, been working out consistently since January and I'm now significantly healthier and leaner.
Granted my apnea is nowhere near as bad as it was before I really started hitting the gym, but it is still an issue. I like to joke that I don't worry about bears when camping. My snoring convinces most bears that a much larger, angrier bear is already in my camp and they move along.
I've been experimenting a bit as of late with ways to lessen my snoring while in my hammock with some surprising success. I'd love to share this with the forum and hear any ideas you've tried out.
First of all I want to say that the BEST thing I've done for my Apnea is loosing weight. But until I'm lean enough that my Apnea goes away I'm still employing everything I can to get a good night's rest.
What I've been doing is using a rolled up bath towel behind my neck when I sleep. I roll it up and keep it tight with some shock cord. I like the width of the towel because there is less chance of me sliding off of it at night. The rolled up towel forces my head back opening my airways. Tilting the head back is one of the steps to opening an airway for CPR btw. I've had nights were my friends say I've snored little or not at all. And when I have been snoring it was light and consistent... meaning though there was some obstruction, I never stopped breathing. I plan to sew together something like one of those travel neck pillows to see how that works.
I'd take a picture of my towel pillow but my wife just informed me that she used it yesterday to clean up a spill....
But in any case... I'd love to hear how others have addressed any issues with snoring or apnea.
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