Best mattress for snoring - Tempur?

[PeterC]

Cheaper, with only a minor side effect that has caused no complaints from patients, is clingfilm.

[Rod]

OK - so it's cheaper (than Septoplasty?). But what the hell do you do with it? Kill the snorer by wrapping it round their heads/faces?

[Tim Downie]

I think that's the implication. ;-)

Tim

[Bruce]

I have had two Dunlopillo mattresses over the years. Without any doubt, they were the finest and most comfortable I ever slept on, until I bought a pocketed spring mattress. Dunlopillo mattresses are also made of foam, but it isn't the memory type, and they don't make you sweat any more than a conventional spring mattress does.

Expensive, though.

[Eusebius]

Thanks for the medical information. To reply - yes, I'm hypothyroid, but take thyroxin which should breing me back to somewhere like normal in theory - or is this the case? It's well controlled.

I also have an obstruction in my nose - I think the partition is bent or something - so I mouth breathe at night. I probably could nose breathe but mouth breathing is just a habit now.

I also have sinus problems - particularly post nasal drip. I don't know whether s aureus is anything to do with that. I should ask my GP.

andy

[Rod]

Are you *sure* your thyroid level is well controlled?

Post nasal drip is another classic hypothyroid symptom!

Suggest you make sure you have your actual test results (TSH and FT4, if possible) including reference ranges. Maybe use the contact form on Thyroid UK and ask their opinion? (URL in my sig.) Or visit alt.support.thyroid.

PS - I am overweight, have elevated TSH (but not enough for diagnosis/treatment) and have several symptoms which are common in hypothyroidism. And partner was *severely* hypothyroid when diagnosed. I snore! I mouth breathe too often! And I tried a memory foam mattress topper.

Getting severely OT here. You are welcome to email me off group.

[Bruce]

I'm not a medic, and have no personal experience of hypothyroidism, so I cannot comment. But Rod has posted something further down (or up?) the thread that might be of interest to you.

That's called a "deviated septum" where the septum is the gristly thing that keeps the nostrils separate. I had the same problem but a septoplasty cured it; I also had the turbinates reduced which eases the air flow through the sinuses. Very worthwhile.

Or ask your GP to refer to you an ENT specialist (ear, nose & throat).

[Eusebius]

She did. He looked up my sinuses. Gave me some nose douche with salt water to take at home. Referred me to a sleep clinic for sleep apneoa

- waiting list. No mention of S. Aureus.

andy

[Gib Bogle]

We've been sleeping on simple foam (not memory) squabs for about 25 years. This is the most comfortable mattress both of us have ever experienced. Cheap too. When I see the TV ads for complex and extravagantly-priced mattresses I laugh. There must be one born every minute.

[Gib Bogle]

LOL!

[Huge]

Hmmm. When I first went to my GP with allergic rhinitis, breathing difficulties, snoring and sleep apnea (good job I'm asleep while all this is going on), he initially gave me a tiny aerosol of a combined decongestant, steroid and antiobiotic. It was wonderful while it lasted, but as soon as it ran out, the congestion came back. The ENT specialist said "lose 2 stone and come back". That was about 10 years ago, and I weight more now than I did then. I still snore. :o(